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/2014 W3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-871.67 AU from Sun

Bradfield

C/1975 E1 (Bradfield)

Comet

-865.3 AU from Sun

Honda

C/1955 O1 (Honda)

Comet

-796.2 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2002 Q5 (LINEAR)

Comet

-789.08 AU from Sun

Borisov

C/2013 V2 (Borisov)

Comet

-786.12 AU from Sun

Cunningham

C/1940 R2 (Cunningham)

Comet

-758.25 AU from Sun

Bressi

C/2012 T5 (Bressi)

Comet

-744.66 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR)

Comet

-728.5 AU from Sun

Okabayasi-Honda

C/1940 S1 (Okabayasi-Honda)

Comet

-727.74 AU from Sun

Helin-Alu

C/1992 A1 (Helin-Alu)

Comet

-709.5 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2004 X3 (LINEAR)

Comet

-684.96 AU from Sun

Sandage

C/1972 L1 (Sandage)

Comet

-674 AU from Sun

Boattini

C/2013 F1 (Boattini)

Comet

-664.99 AU from Sun

Catalina-Skiff

C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff)

Comet

-649.37 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2000 U5 (LINEAR)

Comet

-648.51 AU from Sun

Reid

C/1927 B1 (Reid)

Comet

-632.22 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2007 O1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-595.71 AU from Sun

Sato

C/1975 X1 (Sato)

Comet

-572.92 AU from Sun

Honda

C/1947 V1 (Honda)

Comet

-554.5 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2002 A3 (LINEAR)

Comet

-544.06 AU from Sun

Great southern comet

C/1880 C1 (Great southern comet)

Comet

-520.91 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2009 UG89 (Lemmon)

Comet

-493.88 AU from Sun

Mellish

C/1915 R1 (Mellish)

Comet

-491.12 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2023 Q1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-486.59 AU from Sun