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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Baade

C/1922 U1 (Baade)

Comet

-4,777.35 AU from Sun

Kowalski

C/2016 E2 (Kowalski)

Comet

-4,749.32 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2010 S1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-4,725.09 AU from Sun

Catalina

C/2014 AA52 (Catalina)

Comet

-4,724.45 AU from Sun

Wirtanen

C/1948 T1 (Wirtanen)

Comet

-4,687.88 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2019 NJ3 (Lemmon)

Comet

-4,660.26 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2008 A1 (McNaught)

Comet

-4,655.99 AU from Sun

Kobayashi-Berger-Milon

C/1975 N1 (Kobayashi-Berger-Milon)

Comet

-4,637.83 AU from Sun

Aarseth-Brewington

C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington)

Comet

-4,626.81 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 LC2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-4,621.99 AU from Sun

Torres

C/1979 M3 (Torres)

Comet

-4,575.48 AU from Sun

LONEOS

C/2007 F1 (LONEOS)

Comet

-4,564.78 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2009 S3 (Lemmon)

Comet

-4,562.2 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-4,559.96 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2022 A2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-4,553.26 AU from Sun

MASTER

C/2021 K2 (MASTER)

Comet

-4,553.06 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2003 S3 (LINEAR)

Comet

-4,502.57 AU from Sun

Heck-Sause

C/1973 A1 (Heck-Sause)

Comet

-4,380.96 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2021 G3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-4,344.16 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2014 W8 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-4,315.59 AU from Sun

Perrine

C/1896 V1 (Perrine)

Comet

-4,289.47 AU from Sun

Boattini

C/2009 P2 (Boattini)

Comet

-4,252.7 AU from Sun

SWAN

C/2006 M4 (SWAN)

Comet

-4,231.36 AU from Sun

Tenagra

C/2013 G9 (Tenagra)

Comet

-4,195.95 AU from Sun