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 1945–1968
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ATLAS
C/2018 A3 (ATLAS)
- 495.95 AU from Sun
- 11,045.1 years orbit
Wilson-Hubbard
C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)
- 496.14 AU from Sun
- 11,051.2 years orbit
Bradfield
C/1972 E1 (Bradfield)
- 498.72 AU from Sun
- 11,137.6 years orbit
MAPS
C/2025 L2 (MAPS)
- 506.16 AU from Sun
- 11,387.7 years orbit
Bester
C/1948 W1 (Bester)
- 509.17 AU from Sun
Yi-SWAN
C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN)
- 512.6 AU from Sun
- 11,606 years orbit
Levy
C/1988 F1 (Levy)
- 513.84 AU from Sun
- 11,647.9 years orbit
Lovejoy
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
- 515.51 AU from Sun
- 11,704.7 years orbit
Takamizawa
C/1994 J2 (Takamizawa)
- 516.82 AU from Sun
- 11,749.3 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2000 K2 (LINEAR)
- 522.37 AU from Sun
- 11,939.1 years orbit
Montani
C/1997 G2 (Montani)
- 528.54 AU from Sun
- 12,151.4 years orbit
Leonard
C/2024 G5 (Leonard)
- 530.11 AU from Sun
- 12,205.7 years orbit
Sun-Gao
C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
- 534.84 AU from Sun
- 12,369.2 years orbit
Shoemaker-Holt
C/1988 J1 (Shoemaker-Holt)
- 535.75 AU from Sun
- 12,400.8 years orbit
Mrkos
C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)
- 536.16 AU from Sun
- 12,415.2 years orbit
Catalina
C/2022 L1 (Catalina)
- 549.76 AU from Sun
- 12,890.6 years orbit
Garradd
C/2006 L1 (Garradd)
- 550.45 AU from Sun
- 12,914.8 years orbit
SWAN
C/2023 A2 (SWAN)
- 554.5 AU from Sun
- 13,057.5 years orbit
Metcalf
C/1913 R1 (Metcalf)
- 555.79 AU from Sun
LINEAR
C/2012 L2 (LINEAR)
- 565.74 AU from Sun
- 13,456.5 years orbit
Schweizer
C/1849 G1 (Schweizer)
- 568.57 AU from Sun
Coggia
C/1874 H1 (Coggia)
- 572.7 AU from Sun
LINEAR
C/2001 X1 (LINEAR)
- 573.98 AU from Sun
- 13,751.5 years orbit
NEAT
C/2003 J1 (NEAT)
- 577.68 AU from Sun
- 13,884.8 years orbit