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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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Borisov

C/2025 B2 (Borisov)

Comet

-4,146.23 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)

Comet

-4,129.36 AU from Sun

Zlatinsky

C/1914 J1 (Zlatinsky)

Comet

-4,111.18 AU from Sun

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Comet

-4,104.39 AU from Sun

Van Biesbroeck

C/1925 W1 (Van Biesbroeck)

Comet

-4,100.11 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2020 U4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-4,089.39 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2025 N2 (ATLAS)

Comet

-4,072.43 AU from Sun

Mrkos

C/1952 W1 (Mrkos)

Comet

-4,066.96 AU from Sun

Boattini

C/2013 H2 (Boattini)

Comet

-4,055.61 AU from Sun

Groeneveld-Palomar

C/1951 G2 (Groeneveld-Palomar)

Comet

-4,038.55 AU from Sun

Beyer

C/1930 E1 (Beyer)

Comet

-3,966.85 AU from Sun

Bester

C/1946 U1 (Bester)

Comet

-3,934.83 AU from Sun

Hyakutake

C/1995 Y1 (Hyakutake)

Comet

-3,913.66 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2017 U7 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-3,893.18 AU from Sun

Wilson

C/1986 P1-A (Wilson)

Comet

-3,845.04 AU from Sun

Wilson

C/1986 P1 (Wilson)

Comet

-3,808.82 AU from Sun

Alcock

C/1965 S2 (Alcock)

Comet

-3,753.11 AU from Sun

Shoemaker

C/1984 K1 (Shoemaker)

Comet

-3,730.89 AU from Sun

Perrine

C/1895 W1 (Perrine)

Comet

-3,714.89 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-3,704.8 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2024 G7 (ATLAS)

Comet

-3,696.55 AU from Sun

Sarneczky

C/2024 N3 (Sarneczky)

Comet

-3,695.18 AU from Sun

ZTF

C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

Comet

-3,684.08 AU from Sun

Mellish

C/1915 C1 (Mellish)

Comet

-3,663.4 AU from Sun