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 1849–1872
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Catalina
C/2006 V1 (Catalina)
- 257.61 AU from Sun
- 4,134.8 years orbit
NEOWISE
C/2021 A2 (NEOWISE)
- 257.69 AU from Sun
- 4,136.7 years orbit
Quenisset
C/1911 S2 (Quenisset)
- 259.2 AU from Sun
- 4,173 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2015 K2 (PANSTARRS)
- 261.91 AU from Sun
- 4,238.8 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2023 F1 (PANSTARRS)
- 264.03 AU from Sun
- 4,290.2 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2001 A1 (LINEAR)
- 265.51 AU from Sun
- 4,326.5 years orbit
IRAS
C/1983 J2 (IRAS)
- 268.11 AU from Sun
- 4,390.1 years orbit
Pons
C/1825 N1 (Pons)
- 271.58 AU from Sun
Lemmon
C/2020 S8 (Lemmon)
- 274.84 AU from Sun
- 4,556.5 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2002 H2 (LINEAR)
- 275.48 AU from Sun
- 4,572.3 years orbit
Finsler
C/1924 R1 (Finsler)
- 276.14 AU from Sun
- 4,588.8 years orbit
Catalina
C/2009 O2 (Catalina)
- 278.11 AU from Sun
- 4,638.1 years orbit
Meier
C/1980 V1 (Meier)
- 281.26 AU from Sun
- 4,716.9 years orbit
Leonard
C/2022 W3 (Leonard)
- 281.42 AU from Sun
- 4,721.1 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2025 F1 (ATLAS)
- 289.03 AU from Sun
- 4,913.9 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2017 G3 (PANSTARRS)
- 289.69 AU from Sun
- 4,930.8 years orbit
WISE
C/2010 E3 (WISE)
- 291.54 AU from Sun
- 4,977.9 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2015 Y1 (LINEAR)
- 291.84 AU from Sun
- 4,985.6 years orbit
Siding Spring
C/2010 A4 (Siding Spring)
- 292.08 AU from Sun
- 4,991.9 years orbit
Southern comet
C/1947 X1-B (Southern comet)
- 296.56 AU from Sun
Lynn
C/1999 N2 (Lynn)
- 297.13 AU from Sun
- 5,121.9 years orbit
WISE-Garradd
C/2010 FB87 (WISE-Garradd)
- 299.26 AU from Sun
- 5,177.2 years orbit
Winnecke
C/1871 G1 (Winnecke)
- 299.31 AU from Sun
Fuls
C/2018 R4 (Fuls)
- 302.99 AU from Sun
- 5,274 years orbit