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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Fuls

C/2021 T2 (Fuls)

Comet

-8,734.78 AU from Sun

Boattini

C/2007 W1 (Boattini)

Comet

-8,432.18 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2021 G2 (ATLAS)

Comet

-8,398.75 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2016 K1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-8,358.94 AU from Sun

Gibson

C/1973 W1 (Gibson)

Comet

-8,343.72 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2013 G3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-8,308.15 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2020 H6 (ATLAS)

Comet

-8,225.63 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-7,692.74 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)

Comet

-7,606.45 AU from Sun

Delavan

C/1913 Y1 (Delavan)

Comet

-7,575.47 AU from Sun

Giacobini

C/1907 E1 (Giacobini)

Comet

-7,574.74 AU from Sun

Palomar

C/2013 P3 (Palomar)

Comet

-7,480.05 AU from Sun

Boattini

C/2008 S3 (Boattini)

Comet

-7,441.32 AU from Sun

Brooks

C/1886 J1 (Brooks)

Comet

-7,325.06 AU from Sun

Furuyama

C/1987 W2 (Furuyama)

Comet

-7,299.9 AU from Sun

Elenin

C/2010 X1 (Elenin)

Comet

-7,173.39 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)

Comet

-7,064.95 AU from Sun

Seki-Lines

C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)

Comet

-7,039.19 AU from Sun

Baade

C/1954 O2 (Baade)

Comet

-6,928.93 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-6,896.6 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2020 K2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-6,865.14 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)

Comet

-6,824.67 AU from Sun

Leonard

C/2022 R3 (Leonard)

Comet

-6,759.67 AU from Sun

Catalina

C/2013 S1 (Catalina)

Comet

-6,531.15 AU from Sun