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/2024 Q3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,381.48 AU from Sun

Rudenko

C/1987 Q1 (Rudenko)

Comet

-1,359.87 AU from Sun

McNaught-Tritton

C/1978 G2 (McNaught-Tritton)

Comet

-1,358.27 AU from Sun

Lemmon-Yeung-PANSTARRS

C/2015 VL62 (Lemmon-Yeung-PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,339.45 AU from Sun

Meier

C/1978 H1 (Meier)

Comet

-1,337.6 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2017 F2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,333.41 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,317.91 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/1999 N4 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,310.57 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)

Comet

-1,299.17 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2025 B1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,298.55 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,280.93 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,280.89 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)

Comet

-1,279.04 AU from Sun

Arend-Roland

C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland)

Comet

-1,274.06 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)

Comet

-1,263.77 AU from Sun

Evans-Drinkwater

C/1996 J1-A (Evans-Drinkwater)

Comet

-1,261.96 AU from Sun

NEOWISE

C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)

Comet

-1,261.68 AU from Sun

Toba

C/1971 E1 (Toba)

Comet

-1,261.66 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2023 R2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,246.02 AU from Sun

Goujon

C/1849 G2 (Goujon)

Comet

-1,233.41 AU from Sun

SWAN

C/2004 H6 (SWAN)

Comet

-1,230.35 AU from Sun

Klinkerfues

C/1853 L1 (Klinkerfues)

Comet

-1,227.34 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2024 L3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-1,227.18 AU from Sun

McNaught-Watson

C/1999 S2 (McNaught-Watson)

Comet

-1,227.08 AU from Sun