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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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PANSTARRS

C/2015 V4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
18.55 AU from Sun
79.86 years orbit

LINEAR

C/1999 S3 (LINEAR)

Comet
18.94 AU from Sun
82.44 years orbit

Christensen

C/2005 W2 (Christensen)

Comet
18.98 AU from Sun
82.68 years orbit

Bradfield

C/1989 A3 (Bradfield)

Comet
19.2 AU from Sun
84.1 years orbit

ATLAS

C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)

Comet
19.33 AU from Sun
85.02 years orbit

Vaisala

C/1942 EA (Vaisala)

Comet
19.53 AU from Sun
86.3 years orbit

NEOWISE

C/2015 X8 (NEOWISE)

Comet
19.55 AU from Sun
86.44 years orbit

LINEAR

C/2011 J3 (LINEAR)

Comet
19.56 AU from Sun
86.53 years orbit

Lemmon

C/2022 Y2 (Lemmon)

Comet
19.64 AU from Sun
87.05 years orbit

LINEAR

C/2003 R1 (LINEAR)

Comet
19.7 AU from Sun
87.45 years orbit

PANSTARRS

C/2015 A1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
20.12 AU from Sun
90.24 years orbit

PANSTARRS

C/2017 S2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
20.43 AU from Sun
92.37 years orbit

PANSTARRS

C/2022 S5 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
20.45 AU from Sun
92.48 years orbit

LINEAR

C/2003 F1 (LINEAR)

Comet
20.66 AU from Sun
93.92 years orbit

PANSTARRS

C/2012 X2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
20.69 AU from Sun
94.11 years orbit

NEOWISE

C/2017 C1 (NEOWISE)

Comet
20.8 AU from Sun
94.89 years orbit

Catalina

C/2018 M1 (Catalina)

Comet
21.26 AU from Sun
98.06 years orbit

Tsuchinshan

C/2017 E2 (Tsuchinshan)

Comet
21.57 AU from Sun
100.1 years orbit

PANSTARRS

C/2019 A5 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
21.65 AU from Sun
100.7 years orbit

Catalina

C/2018 W1 (Catalina)

Comet
21.82 AU from Sun
101.9 years orbit

Valdes-TOTAS

C/2014 HU195 (Valdes-TOTAS)

Comet
21.88 AU from Sun
102.4 years orbit

ATLAS

C/2019 Y4-D (ATLAS)

Comet
22.58 AU from Sun
107.3 years orbit

Lemmon

C/2018 R5 (Lemmon)

Comet
22.86 AU from Sun
109.3 years orbit

LINEAR

C/2003 U1 (LINEAR)

Comet
22.9 AU from Sun
109.6 years orbit