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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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Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AS

Comet
3.14 AU from Sun
5.57 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AP

Comet
3.14 AU from Sun
5.58 years orbit

Tempel

9P/Tempel 1

Comet
Ø 6.00 km
3.15 AU from Sun
5.58 years orbit

PANSTARRS

358P/PANSTARRS

Comet
3.15 AU from Sun
5.58 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2019 A3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
3.15 AU from Sun
5.58 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2024 R2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
3.15 AU from Sun
5.59 years orbit

Lexell

D/1770 L1 (Lexell)

Comet
3.15 AU from Sun
5.6 years orbit

PANSTARRS

455P/PANSTARRS

Comet
3.15 AU from Sun
5.6 years orbit

Ikeya-Murakami

332P/Ikeya-Murakami-F

Comet
3.16 AU from Sun
5.61 years orbit

Christensen

210P/Christensen

Comet
3.16 AU from Sun
5.62 years orbit

PANSTARRS

456P/PANSTARRS

Comet
3.17 AU from Sun
5.63 years orbit

Gibbs

313P/Gibbs

Comet
3.17 AU from Sun
5.63 years orbit

Read

238P/Read

Comet
3.17 AU from Sun
5.63 years orbit

PANSTARRS

348P/PANSTARRS

Comet
3.17 AU from Sun
5.64 years orbit

ATLAS

427P/ATLAS

Comet
3.17 AU from Sun
5.65 years orbit

PANSTARRS

483P/PANSTARRS-B

Comet
3.17 AU from Sun
5.65 years orbit

PANSTARRS

483P/PANSTARRS-A

Comet
3.17 AU from Sun
5.65 years orbit

PANSTARRS

365P/PANSTARRS

Comet
3.19 AU from Sun
5.69 years orbit

PANSTARRS

426P/PANSTARRS

Comet
3.19 AU from Sun
5.69 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2024 R3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
3.2 AU from Sun
5.72 years orbit

LINEAR

294P/LINEAR

Comet
3.2 AU from Sun
5.73 years orbit

Kowal

104P/Kowal 2

Comet
Ø 2.00 km
3.21 AU from Sun
5.74 years orbit

SOHO

C/2002 R5 (SOHO)

Comet
3.22 AU from Sun
5.77 years orbit

SOHO

P/2002 S7 (SOHO)

Comet
3.22 AU from Sun
5.79 years orbit