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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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Kresken

P/2025 W3 (Kresken)

Comet
2.55 AU from Sun
4.07 years orbit

SOHO

P/2003 T12 (SOHO)

Comet
2.57 AU from Sun
4.12 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2025 W4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
2.58 AU from Sun
4.14 years orbit

SOHO

323P/SOHO

Comet
2.58 AU from Sun
4.15 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
2.58 AU from Sun
4.15 years orbit

NEAT

169P/NEAT

Comet
2.6 AU from Sun
4.2 years orbit

SOHO

323P/SOHO-C

Comet
2.61 AU from Sun
4.22 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2019 A4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
2.61 AU from Sun
4.23 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2024 OC2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
2.63 AU from Sun
4.26 years orbit

Lemmon-PANSTARRS

457P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS

Comet
2.65 AU from Sun
4.31 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AZ

Comet
2.65 AU from Sun
4.31 years orbit

Helfenzrieder

D/1766 G1 (Helfenzrieder)

Comet
2.66 AU from Sun
4.35 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AW

Comet
2.68 AU from Sun
4.38 years orbit

Lemmon

P/2023 JN16 (Lemmon)

Comet
2.7 AU from Sun
4.43 years orbit

Catalina

300P/Catalina

Comet
2.7 AU from Sun
4.43 years orbit

Garradd

259P/Garradd

Comet
2.73 AU from Sun
4.51 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2015 X6 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
2.75 AU from Sun
4.57 years orbit

LINEAR

249P/LINEAR

Comet
2.77 AU from Sun
4.61 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2017 S8 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
2.78 AU from Sun
4.62 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AJ

Comet
2.79 AU from Sun
4.65 years orbit

STEREO

414P/STEREO

Comet
2.79 AU from Sun
4.67 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AY

Comet
2.8 AU from Sun
4.69 years orbit

LINEAR

222P/LINEAR

Comet
2.86 AU from Sun
4.83 years orbit

LINEAR

197P/LINEAR

Comet
2.87 AU from Sun
4.86 years orbit