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 1921–1944
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ASASSN
C/2017 O1 (ASASSN)
- 419.27 AU from Sun
- 8,585.2 years orbit
NEOWISE
C/2016 B1 (NEOWISE)
- 421.58 AU from Sun
- 8,656.2 years orbit
NEOWISE
C/2018 N1 (NEOWISE)
- 421.96 AU from Sun
- 8,668.1 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2022 R2 (ATLAS)
- 422.57 AU from Sun
- 8,686.8 years orbit
Garradd
C/2006 O2 (Garradd)
- 426.18 AU from Sun
- 8,798.4 years orbit
Shoemaker-Levy
C/1994 E2 (Shoemaker-Levy)
- 430.03 AU from Sun
- 8,917.9 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1998 M1 (LINEAR)
- 431.02 AU from Sun
- 8,948.7 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2003 G2 (LINEAR)
- 433.12 AU from Sun
- 9,014.1 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2007 K1 (Lemmon)
- 434.27 AU from Sun
- 9,050.1 years orbit
Davidson
C/1889 O1 (Davidson)
- 435.21 AU from Sun
Lemmon
C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)
- 436.03 AU from Sun
- 9,104.9 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1998 M5 (LINEAR)
- 438.27 AU from Sun
- 9,175.4 years orbit
C/1680 V1
- 444.43 AU from Sun
Schaumasse
C/1913 J1 (Schaumasse)
- 445.46 AU from Sun
- 9,402 years orbit
Spacewatch
C/2013 TW5 (Spacewatch)
- 446.39 AU from Sun
- 9,431.3 years orbit
Hind
C/1847 C1 (Hind)
- 473.26 AU from Sun
Lovejoy
C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)
- 475.69 AU from Sun
- 10,375.2 years orbit
Boattini
C/2010 G1 (Boattini)
- 477.27 AU from Sun
- 10,426.9 years orbit
SWAN
C/2015 C2 (SWAN)
- 477.53 AU from Sun
- 10,435.5 years orbit
STEREO
C/2009 G1 (STEREO)
- 486.21 AU from Sun
- 10,721.2 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
- 487.14 AU from Sun
- 10,752 years orbit
Oukaimeden
C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)
- 488.82 AU from Sun
- 10,807.7 years orbit
Skiff
C/2000 Y2 (Skiff)
- 489.88 AU from Sun
- 10,842.8 years orbit
Zona
C/1890 V1 (Zona)
- 495.81 AU from Sun