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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Ikeya-Everhart

C/1966 R1 (Ikeya-Everhart)

Comet

-19,014.65 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2011 L3 (McNaught)

Comet

-18,921.28 AU from Sun

Kohoutek

C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek)

Comet

-18,236.51 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2011 Q2 (McNaught)

Comet

-18,003.3 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 K4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-17,923.12 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2021 P1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-17,893.33 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 T2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-17,826.54 AU from Sun

IRAS

C/1983 O2 (IRAS)

Comet

-17,374.67 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2023 X2 (Lemmon)

Comet

-17,070.79 AU from Sun

ASASSN

C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)

Comet

-17,021.93 AU from Sun

Machholz

C/2010 F4 (Machholz)

Comet

-16,830.8 AU from Sun

Shoemaker

C/1983 R1 (Shoemaker)

Comet

-16,789.1 AU from Sun

Christensen

C/2005 B1 (Christensen)

Comet

-16,744.18 AU from Sun

Siding Spring

C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)

Comet

-16,366.49 AU from Sun

Bruhns

C/1862 X1 (Bruhns)

Comet

-16,219.67 AU from Sun

MASTER

C/2026 M3 (MASTER)

Comet

-15,444.46 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2023 V1 (Lemmon)

Comet

-14,996.07 AU from Sun

Torres

C/1980 L1 (Torres)

Comet

-14,395.13 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 B2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-14,307.5 AU from Sun

Bradfield

C/1975 V2 (Bradfield)

Comet

-14,217.19 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2020 R7 (ATLAS)

Comet

-13,792.59 AU from Sun

Bradfield

C/1979 M1 (Bradfield)

Comet

-12,856.43 AU from Sun

Humason

C/1960 M1 (Humason)

Comet

-12,803.53 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)

Comet

-12,786.76 AU from Sun