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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Thiele
C/1906 V1 (Thiele)
- 69.79 AU from Sun
- 583 years orbit
Hubble
C/1937 P1 (Hubble)
- 71.04 AU from Sun
- 599 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2019 J1 (Lemmon)
- 71.55 AU from Sun
- 605.2 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1998 K5 (LINEAR)
- 72.4 AU from Sun
- 616 years orbit
Garradd
C/2008 J5 (Garradd)
- 72.44 AU from Sun
- 616.5 years orbit
Gibbs
C/2012 F1 (Gibbs)
- 74.39 AU from Sun
- 641.6 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2021 Q3 (ATLAS)
- 74.71 AU from Sun
- 645.8 years orbit
Schaer
C/1905 W1 (Schaer)
- 75.85 AU from Sun
- 660.5 years orbit
Leonard
C/2021 G1 (Leonard)
- 75.92 AU from Sun
- 661.5 years orbit
Great September comet
C/1882 R1-A (Great September comet)
- 76.73 AU from Sun
- 669 years orbit
Mrkos
C/1952 H1 (Mrkos)
- 77.5 AU from Sun
- 682.3 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1999 L3 (LINEAR)
- 77.58 AU from Sun
- 683.4 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2026 M5 (PANSTARRS)
- 77.94 AU from Sun
- 688.1 years orbit
Lovejoy
C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
- 78.68 AU from Sun
- 698 years orbit
Thiele
C/1985 T1 (Thiele)
- 78.79 AU from Sun
- 699.4 years orbit
Borisov
C/2015 D4 (Borisov)
- 78.82 AU from Sun
- 699.8 years orbit
Christensen
C/2013 K1 (Christensen)
- 79.79 AU from Sun
- 712.8 years orbit
WISE
C/2010 L4 (WISE)
- 80.07 AU from Sun
- 716.5 years orbit
McNaught
C/2009 F5 (McNaught)
- 80.17 AU from Sun
- 717.8 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2017 A1 (PANSTARRS)
- 80.36 AU from Sun
- 720.4 years orbit
Terasako
C/1987 B2 (Terasako)
- 82.19 AU from Sun
- 745.2 years orbit
Pons
C/1811 W1 (Pons)
- 82.88 AU from Sun
- 755 years orbit
Great September comet
C/1882 R1-B (Great September comet)
- 83.36 AU from Sun
- 761.1 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2024 C4 (ATLAS)
- 84.04 AU from Sun
- 770.5 years orbit