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 1873–1896
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Pons
C/1822 N1 (Pons)
- 310.83 AU from Sun
Palomar
C/2020 T2 (Palomar)
- 312.67 AU from Sun
- 5,529 years orbit
Tanaka-Machholz
C/1992 F1 (Tanaka-Machholz)
- 313.57 AU from Sun
- 5,552.9 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2021 P4 (ATLAS)
- 314.6 AU from Sun
- 5,580.2 years orbit
Gibbs
C/2011 C3 (Gibbs)
- 321 AU from Sun
- 5,751.2 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2016 P4 (PANSTARRS)
- 322.03 AU from Sun
- 5,779 years orbit
Grauer
C/2018 F1 (Grauer)
- 322.2 AU from Sun
- 5,783.7 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2004 G1 (LINEAR)
- 322.3 AU from Sun
- 5,786.2 years orbit
Hill
C/2008 L3 (Hill)
- 322.36 AU from Sun
- 5,787.9 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)
- 326.23 AU from Sun
- 5,892.5 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2012 L3 (LINEAR)
- 330.68 AU from Sun
- 6,013.4 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2022 W2 (ATLAS)
- 333.96 AU from Sun
- 6,103.2 years orbit
Reid
C/1925 F2 (Reid)
- 334.42 AU from Sun
PANSTARRS
C/2021 B2 (PANSTARRS)
- 336.2 AU from Sun
- 6,164.7 years orbit
Friend
C/1939 V1 (Friend)
- 336.61 AU from Sun
PANSTARRS
C/2023 Q2 (PANSTARRS)
- 339.21 AU from Sun
- 6,247.4 years orbit
Pons
C/1826 P1 (Pons)
- 340.06 AU from Sun
McNaught
C/2011 C1 (McNaught)
- 344.15 AU from Sun
- 6,384.6 years orbit
McNaught
C/2009 F2 (McNaught)
- 346.14 AU from Sun
- 6,440 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1999 K6 (LINEAR)
- 346.78 AU from Sun
- 6,458 years orbit
SWAN
C/2002 O6 (SWAN)
- 347.42 AU from Sun
- 6,475.7 years orbit
Shoemaker-Levy
C/1991 B1 (Shoemaker-Levy)
- 352.58 AU from Sun
- 6,620.5 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2021 QM45 (PANSTARRS)
- 354.01 AU from Sun
- 6,660.8 years orbit
Vaisala
C/1944 H1 (Vaisala)
- 355.8 AU from Sun
- 6,711.5 years orbit