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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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Schwartz-Holvorcem

C/2011 K1 (Schwartz-Holvorcem)

Comet

-480.46 AU from Sun

Bester-Hoffmeister

C/1959 O1 (Bester-Hoffmeister)

Comet

-466.79 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2017 E3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-465.94 AU from Sun

Borrelly

C/1903 M1 (Borrelly)

Comet

-421.06 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2005 K2-A (LINEAR)

Comet

-419.99 AU from Sun

Rordame-Quenisset

C/1893 N1 (Rordame-Quenisset)

Comet

-396 AU from Sun

Alcock

C/1959 Q2 (Alcock)

Comet

-384.52 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 A2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-383.13 AU from Sun

Garradd

C/2009 U1 (Garradd)

Comet

-358.62 AU from Sun

Borisov

C/2017 E1 (Borisov)

Comet

-349.87 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2011 M1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-334.95 AU from Sun

Groeneveld

C/1951 G1 (Groeneveld)

Comet

-279.4 AU from Sun

Bruenjes

C/2012 C2 (Bruenjes)

Comet

-260.68 AU from Sun

Bruhns

C/1853 R1 (Bruhns)

Comet

-260.34 AU from Sun

Nishimura

C/2021 O1 (Nishimura)

Comet

-257.86 AU from Sun

Honda-Bernasconi

C/1948 L1 (Honda-Bernasconi)

Comet

-200.54 AU from Sun

Machholz

C/1992 N1 (Machholz)

Comet

-177.16 AU from Sun

Giacobini

C/1898 M1 (Giacobini)

Comet

-169.01 AU from Sun

Wirtanen

C/1947 O1 (Wirtanen)

Comet

-167.62 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2025 K1-B (ATLAS)

Comet

-165.13 AU from Sun

Takamizawa-Levy

C/1994 G1-B (Takamizawa-Levy)

Comet

-154.59 AU from Sun

Spacewatch

C/1997 P2 (Spacewatch)

Comet

-152.55 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2019 Y4-C (ATLAS)

Comet

-145.19 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2025 K1-D (ATLAS)

Comet

-136.72 AU from Sun