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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Austin

C/1989 X1 (Austin)

Comet

-1,533.55 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2022 O1 (ATLAS)

Comet

-1,531.23 AU from Sun

Bok

C/2022 U3 (Bok)

Comet

-1,516.26 AU from Sun

Wilk-Peltier

C/1925 V1 (Wilk-Peltier)

Comet

-1,512.02 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/1999 T2 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,509.93 AU from Sun

Wilson

C/1986 P1-B (Wilson)

Comet

-1,504.82 AU from Sun

NEAT

C/1996 E1 (NEAT)

Comet

-1,495.68 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2023 F3 (ATLAS)

Comet

-1,492.49 AU from Sun

NEAT

C/1997 A1 (NEAT)

Comet

-1,483.58 AU from Sun

LONEOS

C/2002 R3 (LONEOS)

Comet

-1,482.02 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,481.98 AU from Sun

Leonard

C/2022 K1 (Leonard)

Comet

-1,481.72 AU from Sun

Barnard

C/1888 R1 (Barnard)

Comet

-1,475.54 AU from Sun

Timmers

C/1946 C1 (Timmers)

Comet

-1,474.88 AU from Sun

Catalina

C/2021 K3 (Catalina)

Comet

-1,468.53 AU from Sun

LONEOS

C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)

Comet

-1,459.32 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,424.07 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2025 M2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,420.61 AU from Sun

Whipple-Bernasconi-Kulin

C/1942 C1 (Whipple-Bernasconi-Kulin)

Comet

-1,418.77 AU from Sun

Brooks

C/1904 H1 (Brooks)

Comet

-1,416.41 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 H2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,414.29 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2005 A1-A (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,401.37 AU from Sun

NEAT

C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)

Comet

-1,398.09 AU from Sun

Catalina

C/2013 B2 (Catalina)

Comet

-1,381.49 AU from Sun