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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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SOHO

P/1999 J6 (SOHO)

Comet
3.1 AU from Sun
5.46 years orbit

Petriew

185P/Petriew

Comet
3.1 AU from Sun
5.46 years orbit

McNaught

320P/McNaught

Comet
3.1 AU from Sun
5.46 years orbit

Brorsen

5D/Brorsen

Comet
3.1 AU from Sun
5.46 years orbit

Howell

88P/Howell

Comet
Ø 4.40 km
3.11 AU from Sun
5.47 years orbit

LINEAR

306P/LINEAR

Comet
3.11 AU from Sun
5.47 years orbit

WISE

412P/WISE

Comet
3.11 AU from Sun
5.48 years orbit

Scotti

430P/Scotti

Comet
3.11 AU from Sun
5.48 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AI

Comet
3.11 AU from Sun
5.49 years orbit

Tritton

157P/Tritton-B

Comet
3.11 AU from Sun
5.49 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-W

Comet
3.11 AU from Sun
5.49 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BS

Comet
3.12 AU from Sun
5.5 years orbit

McNaught

220P/McNaught

Comet
3.12 AU from Sun
5.51 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-Q

Comet
3.12 AU from Sun
5.51 years orbit

Spacewatch

125P/Spacewatch

Comet
Ø 1.60 km
3.13 AU from Sun
5.53 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AL

Comet
3.13 AU from Sun
5.53 years orbit

Boattini

398P/Boattini

Comet
3.13 AU from Sun
5.53 years orbit

Hogan

474P/Hogan

Comet
3.13 AU from Sun
5.54 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BX

Comet
3.13 AU from Sun
5.54 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2026 R1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
3.13 AU from Sun
5.54 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BV

Comet
3.13 AU from Sun
5.55 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BC

Comet
3.13 AU from Sun
5.55 years orbit

Clark

71P/Clark

Comet
Ø 1.36 km
3.14 AU from Sun
5.56 years orbit

WISE

461P/WISE

Comet
3.14 AU from Sun
5.56 years orbit