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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/2024 T3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
84.42 AU from Sun
775.7 years orbit

Schweizer

C/1853 G1 (Schweizer)

Comet
84.81 AU from Sun
781 years orbit

Seki

C/1961 T1 (Seki)

Comet
86.78 AU from Sun
808.4 years orbit

SWAN

C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

Comet
86.85 AU from Sun
809.4 years orbit

Tilbrook

C/1997 O1 (Tilbrook)

Comet
87.02 AU from Sun
811.8 years orbit

PANSTARRS

C/2015 T4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
87.04 AU from Sun
812.1 years orbit

Huchra

C/1973 H1 (Huchra)

Comet
88.11 AU from Sun
827.1 years orbit

PANSTARRS

C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet
88.17 AU from Sun
827.9 years orbit

Gale

C/1894 G1 (Gale)

Comet
88.91 AU from Sun
838.4 years orbit

Pereyra

C/1963 R1 (Pereyra)

Comet
91.15 AU from Sun
870.2 years orbit

Great September comet

C/1882 R1-C (Great September comet)

Comet
91.19 AU from Sun
874 years orbit

Ikeya-Seki

C/1965 S1-A (Ikeya-Seki)

Comet
91.6 AU from Sun
880 years orbit

Kaho-Kozik-Lis

C/1936 O1 (Kaho-Kozik-Lis)

Comet
92.39 AU from Sun
888 years orbit

Bok

C/2022 J2 (Bok)

Comet
92.44 AU from Sun
888.8 years orbit

NEOWISE

C/2021 A10 (NEOWISE)

Comet
92.8 AU from Sun
894 years orbit

Johnson

C/1935 A1 (Johnson)

Comet
93.21 AU from Sun
899.8 years orbit

ATLAS

C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)

Comet
94.89 AU from Sun
924.4 years orbit

Ohshita

C/1992 W1 (Ohshita)

Comet
95.15 AU from Sun
928.1 years orbit

Ikeya

C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)

Comet
95.55 AU from Sun
934 years orbit

ATLAS

C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)

Comet
95.68 AU from Sun
935.9 years orbit

Hill

C/2010 G2 (Hill)

Comet
96.19 AU from Sun
943.4 years orbit

SWAN

C/2021 D1 (SWAN)

Comet
96.44 AU from Sun
947 years orbit

ATLAS

C/2020 R4 (ATLAS)

Comet
96.71 AU from Sun
951.1 years orbit

Great September comet

C/1882 R1-D (Great September comet)

Comet
96.86 AU from Sun
952 years orbit