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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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Machholz

141P/Machholz 2-H

Comet
3.03 AU from Sun
5.29 years orbit

Machholz

96P/Machholz 1

Comet
Ø 6.40 km
3.04 AU from Sun
5.29 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AM

Comet
3.04 AU from Sun
5.29 years orbit

PANSTARRS

432P/PANSTARRS

Comet
3.04 AU from Sun
5.29 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BJ

Comet
3.04 AU from Sun
5.3 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AB

Comet
3.04 AU from Sun
5.31 years orbit

SOHO

342P/SOHO

Comet
3.04 AU from Sun
5.31 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-J

Comet
3.04 AU from Sun
5.31 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BK

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.31 years orbit

Blanpain

289P/Blanpain

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.31 years orbit

LINEAR

252P/LINEAR

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.32 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BN

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.32 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BO

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.32 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AX

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.33 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2021 A5 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.33 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-N

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.33 years orbit

Siding Spring

162P/Siding Spring

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.34 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BQ

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.34 years orbit

Machholz

141P/Machholz 2

Comet
3.05 AU from Sun
5.34 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AU

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.35 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AK

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.35 years orbit

Gibbs

263P/Gibbs

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.35 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-T

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.35 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-B

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.36 years orbit