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 1897–1920
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Kowalski
C/2022 D2 (Kowalski)
- 356.11 AU from Sun
- 6,720.3 years orbit
Barnard
C/1887 J1 (Barnard)
- 356.75 AU from Sun
LINEAR
C/1998 Q1 (LINEAR)
- 358.23 AU from Sun
- 6,780.4 years orbit
NEOWISE
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
- 358.47 AU from Sun
- 6,787.1 years orbit
Great comet
C/1844 Y1 (Great comet)
- 358.94 AU from Sun
Everhart
C/1964 P1 (Everhart)
- 359.4 AU from Sun
- 6,813.6 years orbit
Gibbs
C/2008 G1 (Gibbs)
- 365.11 AU from Sun
- 6,976.6 years orbit
Catalina
C/2009 Y1 (Catalina)
- 375.62 AU from Sun
- 7,279.9 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2020 F6 (PANSTARRS)
- 381.81 AU from Sun
- 7,460.8 years orbit
Kowalski
C/2014 U3 (Kowalski)
- 382.75 AU from Sun
- 7,488.2 years orbit
C/2022 B4
- 382.8 AU from Sun
- 7,489.6 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS)
- 382.94 AU from Sun
- 7,493.8 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2015 M1 (PANSTARRS)
- 385.85 AU from Sun
- 7,579.4 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2013 G6 (Lemmon)
- 386.87 AU from Sun
- 7,609.6 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1999 L2 (LINEAR)
- 392.39 AU from Sun
- 7,772.8 years orbit
Rankin
C/2020 R6 (Rankin)
- 401.79 AU from Sun
- 8,054 years orbit
Mrkos-Honda
C/1953 G1 (Mrkos-Honda)
- 403.22 AU from Sun
- 8,097 years orbit
Lagerkvist
C/1996 R3 (Lagerkvist)
- 404.01 AU from Sun
- 8,120.7 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2017 E5 (Lemmon)
- 408.98 AU from Sun
- 8,271.1 years orbit
Harrington
C/1952 Q1 (Harrington)
- 411.4 AU from Sun
- 8,344.7 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2020 R2 (PANSTARRS)
- 413.41 AU from Sun
- 8,405.8 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2026 S2 (ATLAS)
- 413.42 AU from Sun
- 8,406.3 years orbit
NEAT
C/2002 P1 (NEAT)
- 413.97 AU from Sun
- 8,422.9 years orbit
Daniel
C/1907 L2 (Daniel)
- 415.55 AU from Sun
- 8,471.3 years orbit