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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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NEAT

P/2001 H5 (NEAT)

Comet
5.99 AU from Sun
14.68 years orbit

Hill

465P/Hill

Comet
6.01 AU from Sun
14.74 years orbit

Lemmon

P/2020 WJ5 (Lemmon)

Comet
6.02 AU from Sun
14.76 years orbit

du Toit

66P/du Toit

Comet
6.02 AU from Sun
14.78 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2012 T3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
6.03 AU from Sun
14.8 years orbit

Schwassmann-Wachmann

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1

Comet
Ø 60 km
6.05 AU from Sun
14.87 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2022 C2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
6.05 AU from Sun
14.88 years orbit

Larson

382P/Larson

Comet
6.05 AU from Sun
14.89 years orbit

LONEOS-Hill

409P/LONEOS-Hill

Comet
6.05 AU from Sun
14.89 years orbit

Gehrels

90P/Gehrels 1

Comet
Ø 7.80 km
6.07 AU from Sun
14.95 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2015 P4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
6.07 AU from Sun
14.97 years orbit

Hill

496P/Hill

Comet
6.08 AU from Sun
14.99 years orbit

Jager

290P/Jager

Comet
6.1 AU from Sun
15.08 years orbit

Kowal

99P/Kowal 1

Comet
Ø 10 km
6.13 AU from Sun
15.19 years orbit

Li

292P/Li

Comet
6.13 AU from Sun
15.2 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2020 MK4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
6.15 AU from Sun
15.25 years orbit

LINEAR

392P/LINEAR

Comet
6.16 AU from Sun
15.27 years orbit

Lemmon

423P/Lemmon

Comet
6.16 AU from Sun
15.28 years orbit

Pruyne

P/2019 X1 (Pruyne)

Comet
6.17 AU from Sun
15.34 years orbit

Rankin

P/2024 T2 (Rankin)

Comet
6.18 AU from Sun
15.35 years orbit

Boattini

P/2011 Y2 (Boattini)

Comet
6.23 AU from Sun
15.53 years orbit

Kowal-Vavrova

134P/Kowal-Vavrova

Comet
6.23 AU from Sun
15.55 years orbit

McNaught

P/2013 J2 (McNaught)

Comet
6.25 AU from Sun
15.61 years orbit

Elenin

P/2014 X1 (Elenin)

Comet
6.26 AU from Sun
15.66 years orbit