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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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Hartley-IRAS

161P/Hartley-IRAS

Comet
7.73 AU from Sun
21.48 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2016 A3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
7.73 AU from Sun
21.48 years orbit

Gibbs

P/2017 W3 (Gibbs)

Comet
7.73 AU from Sun
21.51 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2026 P1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
7.8 AU from Sun
21.77 years orbit

Leonard

P/2026 R2 (Leonard)

Comet
7.8 AU from Sun
21.78 years orbit

Siding Spring

P/2006 HR30 (Siding Spring)

Comet
7.82 AU from Sun
21.86 years orbit

McNaught

P/2011 P1 (McNaught)

Comet
7.82 AU from Sun
21.88 years orbit

Hill

P/2009 O3 (Hill)

Comet
7.82 AU from Sun
21.89 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2017 P1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
7.86 AU from Sun
22.05 years orbit

NEAT

473P/NEAT

Comet
7.93 AU from Sun
22.32 years orbit

LONEOS

450P/LONEOS

Comet
7.94 AU from Sun
22.36 years orbit

LINEAR-Hill

P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill)

Comet
7.95 AU from Sun
22.42 years orbit

LINEAR-Hill

P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill)

Comet
7.95 AU from Sun
22.42 years orbit

Sheppard

P/2020 B4 (Sheppard)

Comet
7.97 AU from Sun
22.52 years orbit

Skiff

P/2005 S2 (Skiff)

Comet
7.98 AU from Sun
22.54 years orbit

ATLAS

C/2019 T5 (ATLAS)

Comet
8.01 AU from Sun
22.68 years orbit

McNaught

P/2008 Y3 (McNaught)

Comet
8.03 AU from Sun
22.75 years orbit

NEAT

502P/NEAT

Comet
8.04 AU from Sun
22.81 years orbit

WISE

P/2010 JC81 (WISE)

Comet
8.13 AU from Sun
23.19 years orbit

PANSTARRS

P/2017 G2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
8.14 AU from Sun
23.22 years orbit

Hill

P/2014 L3 (Hill)

Comet
8.17 AU from Sun
23.36 years orbit

Boattini

P/2008 O3 (Boattini)

Comet
8.19 AU from Sun
23.42 years orbit

Lemmon

P/2016 WM48 (Lemmon)

Comet
8.2 AU from Sun
23.46 years orbit

PANSTARRS-Lemmon

P/2020 A4 (PANSTARRS-Lemmon)

Comet
8.21 AU from Sun
23.52 years orbit