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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Shoemaker-Holt-Rodriquez

C/1988 L1 (Shoemaker-Holt-Rodriquez)

Comet

-3,653.92 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2024 O1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-3,638.5 AU from Sun

Mrkos

C/1947 Y1 (Mrkos)

Comet

-3,637.21 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)

Comet

-3,620.91 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-3,605.3 AU from Sun

Helin-Lawrence

C/1991 F2 (Helin-Lawrence)

Comet

-3,604.19 AU from Sun

van Gent

C/1941 K1 (van Gent)

Comet

-3,599.95 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2019 K1 (ATLAS)

Comet

-3,582.25 AU from Sun

Johnson

C/1949 K1 (Johnson)

Comet

-3,567.81 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2003 G1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-3,564.69 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2019 J3 (ATLAS)

Comet

-3,501.04 AU from Sun

Oterma

C/1942 C2 (Oterma)

Comet

-3,480.01 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2017 K1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-3,479.3 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)

Comet

-3,474.75 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2013 E1 (McNaught)

Comet

-3,445.59 AU from Sun

Daido-Fujikawa

C/1970 B1 (Daido-Fujikawa)

Comet

-3,436.43 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2003 K4 (LINEAR)

Comet

-3,404.07 AU from Sun

Tubbiolo

C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo)

Comet

-3,393.54 AU from Sun

Elias

C/1981 G1 (Elias)

Comet

-3,382.43 AU from Sun

Newman

C/1932 M1 (Newman)

Comet

-3,339.78 AU from Sun

Denning

C/1892 F1 (Denning)

Comet

-3,333.92 AU from Sun

Kresak-Peltier

C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier)

Comet

-3,300.04 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)

Comet

-3,285.99 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2012 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-3,258.64 AU from Sun