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 1969–1992
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McNaught-Russell
C/1991 Q1 (McNaught-Russell)
- 579.53 AU from Sun
- 13,951.5 years orbit
Lovejoy
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
- 579.64 AU from Sun
- 13,955.4 years orbit
Peltier-Schwassmann-Wachmann
C/1930 D1 (Peltier-Schwassmann-Wachmann)
- 581.66 AU from Sun
McNaught
C/1987 U3 (McNaught)
- 583.36 AU from Sun
- 14,090.2 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2006 WD4 (Lemmon)
- 583.8 AU from Sun
- 14,105.9 years orbit
Great January comet
C/1910 A1 (Great January comet)
- 586.45 AU from Sun
- 14,202.2 years orbit
Shoemaker
C/1989 A5 (Shoemaker)
- 589.08 AU from Sun
- 14,297.9 years orbit
Maticic
C/2008 Q1 (Maticic)
- 593.83 AU from Sun
- 14,471.1 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2003 V1 (LINEAR)
- 601.56 AU from Sun
- 14,754.6 years orbit
Tabur
C/1996 Q1 (Tabur)
- 605.02 AU from Sun
- 14,882 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2023 B2 (ATLAS)
- 606.08 AU from Sun
- 14,921 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2012 V2 (LINEAR)
- 612.25 AU from Sun
- 15,149.8 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2020 H8 (PANSTARRS)
- 613.06 AU from Sun
- 15,179.7 years orbit
Tempel
C/1863 V1 (Tempel)
- 630.16 AU from Sun
Mori-Sato-Fujikawa
C/1975 T1 (Mori-Sato-Fujikawa)
- 630.84 AU from Sun
- 15,844.7 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2018 EF9 (Lemmon)
- 641.69 AU from Sun
- 16,255.4 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2007 D3 (LINEAR)
- 652.17 AU from Sun
- 16,655.4 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1999 K7 (LINEAR)
- 667.74 AU from Sun
- 17,255.2 years orbit
Beshore
C/2005 X1 (Beshore)
- 670.37 AU from Sun
- 17,357.3 years orbit
Rankin
C/2021 V1 (Rankin)
- 679.4 AU from Sun
- 17,709 years orbit
Respighi
C/1863 G2 (Respighi)
- 682.72 AU from Sun
Jacques
C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
- 688.89 AU from Sun
- 18,081.4 years orbit
Wilk
C/1929 Y1 (Wilk)
- 691.6 AU from Sun
LINEAR
C/2004 RG113 (LINEAR)
- 699.54 AU from Sun
- 18,502.2 years orbit