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 1993–2016
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PANSTARRS
C/2019 G2 (PANSTARRS)
- 699.56 AU from Sun
- 18,503.1 years orbit
Southern comet
C/1947 X1-A (Southern comet)
- 700.29 AU from Sun
- 18,532.2 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)
- 704.75 AU from Sun
- 18,709.4 years orbit
Thomas
C/1968 Y1 (Thomas)
- 705.89 AU from Sun
- 18,754.8 years orbit
Stonehouse
C/1998 H1 (Stonehouse)
- 722.13 AU from Sun
- 19,405.8 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2023 K1 (ATLAS)
- 723.28 AU from Sun
- 19,452.3 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2024 G2 (ATLAS)
- 727.31 AU from Sun
- 19,615 years orbit
Juels-Holvorcem
C/2005 N1 (Juels-Holvorcem)
- 729 AU from Sun
- 19,683.3 years orbit
Winnecke
C/1877 G1 (Winnecke)
- 730.75 AU from Sun
Skiff
C/2007 B2 (Skiff)
- 736.95 AU from Sun
- 20,006.3 years orbit
Alcock
C/1963 F1 (Alcock)
- 738.8 AU from Sun
- 20,081.8 years orbit
Palomar
C/2019 J2 (Palomar)
- 742.46 AU from Sun
- 20,231 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2023 H1 (PANSTARRS)
- 758.69 AU from Sun
- 20,898 years orbit
McNaught
C/2013 F3 (McNaught)
- 761.37 AU from Sun
- 21,008.6 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2002 K2 (LINEAR)
- 762.79 AU from Sun
- 21,067.5 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2024 U1 (PANSTARRS)
- 765.48 AU from Sun
- 21,179.2 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2012 L1 (LINEAR)
- 767.67 AU from Sun
- 21,270.3 years orbit
Fuls
C/2023 T3 (Fuls)
- 771.04 AU from Sun
- 21,410.3 years orbit
Petersen
C/1850 J1 (Petersen)
- 771.9 AU from Sun
Lemmon
C/2020 F7 (Lemmon)
- 772.73 AU from Sun
- 21,480.8 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)
- 774.9 AU from Sun
- 21,571.2 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2002 Q3 (LINEAR)
- 776.27 AU from Sun
- 21,628.7 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2025 Q3 (ATLAS)
- 785.33 AU from Sun
- 22,008.4 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2004 L2 (LINEAR)
- 789.92 AU from Sun
- 22,201.5 years orbit