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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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Helin-Roman-Alu

132P/Helin-Roman-Alu 2

Comet
3.89 AU from Sun
7.66 years orbit

Taylor

69P/Taylor

Comet
3.89 AU from Sun
7.67 years orbit

Russell

91P/Russell 3

Comet
3.89 AU from Sun
7.67 years orbit

Larsen

264P/Larsen

Comet
3.89 AU from Sun
7.68 years orbit

McNaught

338P/McNaught

Comet
3.9 AU from Sun
7.71 years orbit

NEAT

212P/NEAT

Comet
Ø 1.70 km
3.92 AU from Sun
7.77 years orbit

Gibbs

229P/Gibbs

Comet
3.93 AU from Sun
7.8 years orbit

LINEAR

217P/LINEAR

Comet
3.95 AU from Sun
7.85 years orbit

LINEAR

247P/LINEAR

Comet
3.97 AU from Sun
7.9 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2025 D3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
3.97 AU from Sun
7.9 years orbit

LINEAR

160P/LINEAR

Comet
3.97 AU from Sun
7.9 years orbit

McNaught

P/2005 L1 (McNaught)

Comet
3.97 AU from Sun
7.92 years orbit

Scotti

416P/Scotti

Comet
4.01 AU from Sun
8.02 years orbit

LINEAR

194P/LINEAR

Comet
4.01 AU from Sun
8.02 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2025 Y2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
4.02 AU from Sun
8.05 years orbit

WISE

245P/WISE

Comet
4.02 AU from Sun
8.06 years orbit

Peters-Hartley

80P/Peters-Hartley

Comet
4.02 AU from Sun
8.07 years orbit

Daniel

33P/Daniel

Comet
Ø 2.60 km
4.02 AU from Sun
8.07 years orbit

LINEAR-NEAT

231P/LINEAR-NEAT

Comet
4.03 AU from Sun
8.08 years orbit

NEAT

246P/NEAT

Comet
4.03 AU from Sun
8.08 years orbit

Shoemaker-LINEAR

146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR

Comet
4.03 AU from Sun
8.09 years orbit

PANSTARRS

466P/PANSTARRS

Comet
4.04 AU from Sun
8.13 years orbit

LINEAR

345P/LINEAR

Comet
4.05 AU from Sun
8.14 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2020 S5 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
4.05 AU from Sun
8.15 years orbit