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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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Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AV

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.36 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-E

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.36 years orbit

Ikeya-Murakami

332P/Ikeya-Murakami-G

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.36 years orbit

Tempel

10P/Tempel 2

Comet
Ø 11 km
3.06 AU from Sun
5.36 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-G

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.36 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-C

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.36 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-K

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.36 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-H

Comet
3.06 AU from Sun
5.37 years orbit

Machholz

141P/Machholz 2-I

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.37 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-A

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.37 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AD

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.37 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-M

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.37 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-R

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.38 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2022 R5 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.38 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AO

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.38 years orbit

P/2026 N2

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.39 years orbit

Barnard

D/1884 O1 (Barnard)

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.39 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-Z

Comet
3.07 AU from Sun
5.39 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AH

Comet
3.08 AU from Sun
5.39 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AN

Comet
3.08 AU from Sun
5.4 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-L

Comet
3.08 AU from Sun
5.4 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-X

Comet
3.08 AU from Sun
5.4 years orbit

SOHO

P/2008 Y12 (SOHO)

Comet
3.08 AU from Sun
5.4 years orbit

Catalina

P/2009 WX51 (Catalina)

Comet
3.08 AU from Sun
5.41 years orbit