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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Burnham

C/1959 Y1 (Burnham)

Comet

-1,694 AU from Sun

Lovas

C/1977 D1 (Lovas)

Comet

-1,679.41 AU from Sun

Heinze

C/2017 T1 (Heinze)

Comet

-1,679.23 AU from Sun

Lemmon-Siding Spring

C/2008 FK75 (Lemmon-Siding Spring)

Comet

-1,668.92 AU from Sun

Fabry

C/1885 X1 (Fabry)

Comet

-1,659.42 AU from Sun

Siding Spring

C/2007 K3 (Siding Spring)

Comet

-1,653 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2016 C1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,651.49 AU from Sun

Gleason

C/2003 A2 (Gleason)

Comet

-1,646.29 AU from Sun

van den Bergh

C/1974 V1 (van den Bergh)

Comet

-1,642.33 AU from Sun

Shoemaker

C/1988 B1 (Shoemaker)

Comet

-1,641.53 AU from Sun

Brewington

C/1996 N1 (Brewington)

Comet

-1,640.94 AU from Sun

Barnard-Hartwig

C/1886 T1 (Barnard-Hartwig)

Comet

-1,625.78 AU from Sun

Wirtanen

C/1956 F1-A (Wirtanen)

Comet

-1,620.13 AU from Sun

Honda

C/1968 N1 (Honda)

Comet

-1,619.95 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2006 S2 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,613.41 AU from Sun

Levy

C/1990 K1 (Levy)

Comet

-1,609.95 AU from Sun

Gale

C/1912 R1 (Gale)

Comet

-1,605.76 AU from Sun

TOTAS

C/2017 M5 (TOTAS)

Comet

-1,602.16 AU from Sun

Lovas

C/1976 U1 (Lovas)

Comet

-1,596.75 AU from Sun

Winnecke

C/1870 W1 (Winnecke)

Comet

-1,585.34 AU from Sun

Garradd

C/2009 P1 (Garradd)

Comet

-1,554.52 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,552.57 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2019 Q3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,541.46 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2010 R1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,533.78 AU from Sun