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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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Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-P1 (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.79 AU from Sun
17.69 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-P2 (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.79 AU from Sun
17.7 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-N (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.79 AU from Sun
17.71 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2013 N5 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
6.8 AU from Sun
17.73 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-L (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.8 AU from Sun
17.75 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-K (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.81 AU from Sun
17.79 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-H (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.83 AU from Sun
17.83 years orbit

Lemmon

P/2011 FR143 (Lemmon)

Comet
6.83 AU from Sun
17.85 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-G (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.84 AU from Sun
17.87 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2024 K1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
6.84 AU from Sun
17.88 years orbit

Sheppard-Tholen

485P/Sheppard-Tholen

Comet
6.84 AU from Sun
17.89 years orbit

Leonard

396P/Leonard

Comet
6.84 AU from Sun
17.9 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-F (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.84 AU from Sun
17.9 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-E (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.85 AU from Sun
17.92 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-D (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.85 AU from Sun
17.93 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-C (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.86 AU from Sun
17.95 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2023 M1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
6.86 AU from Sun
17.96 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-B (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.86 AU from Sun
17.97 years orbit

Shoemaker-Levy

D/1993 F2-A (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

Comet
6.86 AU from Sun
17.99 years orbit

Kowalski

P/2013 G1 (Kowalski)

Comet
6.88 AU from Sun
18.03 years orbit

Fuls

P/2021 N2 (Fuls)

Comet
6.93 AU from Sun
18.25 years orbit

McNaught-Russell

262P/McNaught-Russell

Comet
6.94 AU from Sun
18.26 years orbit

Neujmin

28P/Neujmin 1

Comet
Ø 21 km
6.97 AU from Sun
18.38 years orbit

Rankin

P/2022 W1 (Rankin)

Comet
6.97 AU from Sun
18.39 years orbit