Icy visitors

Comets

Balls of ice and dust on long, elongated orbits that grow tails as they near the Sun — from short-period regulars like Halley to one-time passers-by.

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PANSTARRS

C/2022 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,039.09 AU from Sun

Gibbs

C/2010 M1 (Gibbs)

Comet

-2,031.52 AU from Sun

TESS

C/2019 M4 (TESS)

Comet

-2,024.74 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2022 L2 (ATLAS)

Comet

-2,018.43 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR)

Comet

-2,008.57 AU from Sun

Catalina

C/2013 V4 (Catalina)

Comet

-1,986.49 AU from Sun

Boattini

C/2013 J5 (Boattini)

Comet

-1,984.39 AU from Sun

Van Biesbroeck

C/1935 Q1 (Van Biesbroeck)

Comet

-1,977.22 AU from Sun

Baeker

C/1863 T1 (Baeker)

Comet

-1,974.61 AU from Sun

MASTER

C/2015 G2 (MASTER)

Comet

-1,973.8 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon)

Comet

-1,972.58 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2006 L2 (McNaught)

Comet

-1,960.74 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2015 X7 (ATLAS)

Comet

-1,949.13 AU from Sun

Mueller

C/1997 D1 (Mueller)

Comet

-1,943.2 AU from Sun

Hill

C/2009 O4 (Hill)

Comet

-1,918.55 AU from Sun

Africano

C/2018 W2 (Africano)

Comet

-1,914.9 AU from Sun

McNaught-Russell

C/1991 C3 (McNaught-Russell)

Comet

-1,914.13 AU from Sun

Mitchell

C/1847 T1 (Mitchell)

Comet

-1,912.94 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2017 B3 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,908.21 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2021 O3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,899.06 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 J1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,891.33 AU from Sun

Kritzinger

C/1914 F1 (Kritzinger)

Comet

-1,871.22 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2026 O1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,870.2 AU from Sun

Snyder-Murakami

C/2002 E2 (Snyder-Murakami)

Comet

-1,858.54 AU from Sun