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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Lemmon

C/2024 B1 (Lemmon)

Comet

-1,856.45 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/1999 K5 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,846.56 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)

Comet

-1,843.98 AU from Sun

Rankin

C/2020 K6 (Rankin)

Comet

-1,833.88 AU from Sun

Orkisz

C/1925 G1 (Orkisz)

Comet

-1,833.85 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2020 F2 (ATLAS)

Comet

-1,821 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2017 K5 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,819.06 AU from Sun

Boattini

C/2011 L6 (Boattini)

Comet

-1,815.96 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,798.56 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,790.89 AU from Sun

Catalina

C/2014 W6 (Catalina)

Comet

-1,772.93 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2021 C6 (Lemmon)

Comet

-1,764.33 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2007 G1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,757.53 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2000 H1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,757.3 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/1999 T3 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,756.34 AU from Sun

Reid

C/1921 E1 (Reid)

Comet

-1,751.69 AU from Sun

Coddington-Pauly

C/1898 L1 (Coddington-Pauly)

Comet

-1,741.75 AU from Sun

Kopff

C/1906 E1 (Kopff)

Comet

-1,735.82 AU from Sun

Gibbs

C/2015 W1 (Gibbs)

Comet

-1,734.17 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2018 B1 (Lemmon)

Comet

-1,723.18 AU from Sun

Shajn-Comas Sola

C/1925 F1 (Shajn-Comas Sola)

Comet

-1,719.07 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)

Comet

-1,699.55 AU from Sun

Shoemaker

C/1987 H1 (Shoemaker)

Comet

-1,699.22 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2009 K5 (McNaught)

Comet

-1,696.28 AU from Sun