Icy visitors

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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Perrine-Chofardet

C/1898 R1 (Perrine-Chofardet)

Comet

-12,342.27 AU from Sun

West

C/1975 V1-A (West)

Comet

-12,220.27 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2013 G2 (McNaught)

Comet

-12,193.19 AU from Sun

Schaumasse

C/1917 H1 (Schaumasse)

Comet

-11,809 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2019 E3 (ATLAS)

Comet

-11,619.42 AU from Sun

Okazaki-Levy-Rudenko

C/1989 Q1 (Okazaki-Levy-Rudenko)

Comet

-11,536.1 AU from Sun

Mellish

C/1907 T1 (Mellish)

Comet

-11,460.79 AU from Sun

Zanotta-Brewington

C/1991 Y1 (Zanotta-Brewington)

Comet

-11,357.97 AU from Sun

Cardinal

C/2008 T2 (Cardinal)

Comet

-11,027.76 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2005 E2 (McNaught)

Comet

-10,939.55 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2007 W3 (LINEAR)

Comet

-10,881.86 AU from Sun

Whipple

C/1937 C1 (Whipple)

Comet

-10,684.39 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)

Comet

-10,654.21 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2014 S1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-10,389.3 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2026 H1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-9,911.81 AU from Sun

Boattini

C/2010 U3 (Boattini)

Comet

-9,881.02 AU from Sun

Brooks-Swift

C/1883 D1 (Brooks-Swift)

Comet

-9,819.98 AU from Sun

Wierzchos

C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)

Comet

-9,700.88 AU from Sun

Siding Spring

C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)

Comet

-9,474.44 AU from Sun

SONEAR

C/2020 J1 (SONEAR)

Comet

-9,240.74 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-9,202.65 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2006 P1 (McNaught)

Comet

-9,074.06 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/1998 U1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-9,066.41 AU from Sun

Giacobini

C/1902 X1 (Giacobini)

Comet

-8,842.52 AU from Sun