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.
Showing 1801–1824
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Erasmus
C/2020 S3 (Erasmus)
- 194.83 AU from Sun
- 2,719.6 years orbit
de Vico
C/1846 B1 (de Vico)
- 194.91 AU from Sun
Swift
C/1881 W1 (Swift)
- 195.81 AU from Sun
LINEAR
C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR)
- 201.6 AU from Sun
- 2,862.6 years orbit
Humason
C/1961 R1 (Humason)
- 205.42 AU from Sun
- 2,944.2 years orbit
Rondanina-Bester
C/1947 F1 (Rondanina-Bester)
- 205.58 AU from Sun
- 2,947.7 years orbit
Nishikawa-Takamizawa-Tago
C/1987 B1 (Nishikawa-Takamizawa-Tago)
- 206.96 AU from Sun
- 2,977.4 years orbit
Leonard
C/2020 K3 (Leonard)
- 210.27 AU from Sun
- 3,049.1 years orbit
Africano
C/2018 V4 (Africano)
- 210.85 AU from Sun
- 3,061.6 years orbit
Great comet
C/1811 F1 (Great comet)
- 212.39 AU from Sun
Catalina
C/2006 CK10 (Catalina)
- 216.33 AU from Sun
- 3,181.8 years orbit
Catalina
C/2021 U5 (Catalina)
- 217.12 AU from Sun
- 3,199.3 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2013 Y2 (PANSTARRS)
- 219.93 AU from Sun
- 3,261.6 years orbit
Bradfield
C/1995 Q1 (Bradfield)
- 221.03 AU from Sun
- 3,286.1 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2012 E3 (PANSTARRS)
- 221.42 AU from Sun
- 3,294.9 years orbit
Seargent
C/1978 T1 (Seargent)
- 221.91 AU from Sun
- 3,305.9 years orbit
McNaught
C/2012 T4 (McNaught)
- 222 AU from Sun
- 3,307.8 years orbit
McNaught
C/2007 K6 (McNaught)
- 223.35 AU from Sun
- 3,338 years orbit
Borrelly
C/1873 Q1 (Borrelly)
- 225.71 AU from Sun
Leonard
C/2023 A1 (Leonard)
- 229.46 AU from Sun
- 3,476 years orbit
SWAN
C/2015 F3 (SWAN)
- 230.94 AU from Sun
- 3,509.6 years orbit
Brooks
C/1893 U1 (Brooks)
- 231.27 AU from Sun
Borisov
C/2023 T2 (Borisov)
- 231.31 AU from Sun
- 3,518 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1999 K3 (LINEAR)
- 231.45 AU from Sun
- 3,521.2 years orbit