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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LINEAR
C/1998 Y1 (LINEAR)
- 22.96 AU from Sun
- 110 years orbit
Giacobini
C/1905 F1 (Giacobini)
- 23.56 AU from Sun
- 114.4 years orbit
Christensen
C/2005 O2 (Christensen)
- 23.71 AU from Sun
- 115.4 years orbit
NEOWISE
C/2022 F2 (NEOWISE)
- 23.94 AU from Sun
- 117.1 years orbit
Barnard
177P/Barnard
- 24.3 AU from Sun
- 119.8 years orbit
Scotti
C/2010 E5 (Scotti)
- 24.73 AU from Sun
- 123 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2025 K2 (PANSTARRS)
- 25.07 AU from Sun
- 125.5 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2003 W1 (LINEAR)
- 25.17 AU from Sun
- 126.3 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2018 A1 (PANSTARRS)
- 25.3 AU from Sun
- 127.3 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2018 V2 (ATLAS)
- 25.48 AU from Sun
- 128.6 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2026 J1 (PANSTARRS)
- 25.49 AU from Sun
- 128.7 years orbit
NEOWISE
C/2019 L2 (NEOWISE)
- 25.64 AU from Sun
- 129.9 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2018 DO4 (Lemmon)
- 25.86 AU from Sun
- 131.5 years orbit
Swift-Tuttle
109P/Swift-Tuttle
- Ø 26 km
- 26.09 AU from Sun
- 133.3 years orbit
Kowalski
C/2012 Q1 (Kowalski)
- 26.13 AU from Sun
- 133.6 years orbit
Maury-Attard
C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard)
- 26.53 AU from Sun
- 136.6 years orbit
NEAT
C/2001 M10 (NEAT)
- 26.66 AU from Sun
- 137.7 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)
- 26.82 AU from Sun
- 138.9 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2025 W2 (ATLAS)
- 26.96 AU from Sun
- 140 years orbit
Mellish
C/1917 F1 (Mellish)
- 27.29 AU from Sun
- 142.5 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2018 O1 (ATLAS)
- 27.87 AU from Sun
- 147.2 years orbit
Sheppard-Tholen
C/2015 T5 (Sheppard-Tholen)
- 27.97 AU from Sun
- 147.9 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2017 K4 (ATLAS)
- 28.13 AU from Sun
- 149.2 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1999 G1 (LINEAR)
- 28.27 AU from Sun
- 150.3 years orbit