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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PANSTARRS
C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS)
- 169.77 AU from Sun
- 2,212 years orbit
NEAT
C/2001 Q1 (NEAT)
- 171.26 AU from Sun
- 2,241.3 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2007 M3 (LINEAR)
- 171.38 AU from Sun
- 2,243.6 years orbit
Whipple-Fedtke-Tevzadze
C/1942 X1 (Whipple-Fedtke-Tevzadze)
- 173.46 AU from Sun
White-Ortiz-Bolelli
C/1970 K1 (White-Ortiz-Bolelli)
- 173.79 AU from Sun
- 2,291 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2017 M3 (PANSTARRS)
- 173.97 AU from Sun
- 2,294.6 years orbit
Blathwayt
C/1926 B1 (Blathwayt)
- 176.66 AU from Sun
Hale-Bopp
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)
- Ø 60 km
- 177.43 AU from Sun
- 2,363.5 years orbit
Tilbrook
C/1999 A1 (Tilbrook)
- 178.01 AU from Sun
- 2,375 years orbit
Great comet
C/1881 K1 (Great comet)
- 179 AU from Sun
- 2,394.9 years orbit
Borisov
C/2014 R1 (Borisov)
- 179.38 AU from Sun
- 2,402.5 years orbit
Barnard
C/1888 U1 (Barnard)
- 179.49 AU from Sun
Tago-Honda-Yamamoto
C/1968 H1 (Tago-Honda-Yamamoto)
- 179.81 AU from Sun
- 2,411.2 years orbit
MASTER
C/2015 K1 (MASTER)
- 180.57 AU from Sun
- 2,426.5 years orbit
Galle
C/1840 B1 (Galle)
- 180.81 AU from Sun
La Sagra
C/2013 H1 (La Sagra)
- 181.62 AU from Sun
- 2,447.6 years orbit
Klinkerfues
C/1857 Q1 (Klinkerfues)
- 182.34 AU from Sun
Kiess
C/1911 N1 (Kiess)
- 183.66 AU from Sun
- 2,489 years orbit
Tucker
C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)
- 186.74 AU from Sun
- 2,551.9 years orbit
Pruyne
C/2020 H2 (Pruyne)
- 186.85 AU from Sun
- 2,554.2 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2005 YW (LINEAR)
- 190.42 AU from Sun
- 2,627.6 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2015 WZ (PANSTARRS)
- 193.18 AU from Sun
- 2,685 years orbit
Skjellerup
C/1920 X1 (Skjellerup)
- 193.6 AU from Sun
- 2,693.7 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2016 VZ18 (PANSTARRS)
- 194.6 AU from Sun
- 2,714.7 years orbit