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 2017–2040
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PANSTARRS
C/2026 L1 (PANSTARRS)
- 790.66 AU from Sun
- 22,232.8 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2019 Y5 (PANSTARRS)
- 808.14 AU from Sun
- 22,974.3 years orbit
McNaught
C/2013 O3 (McNaught)
- 819.75 AU from Sun
- 23,471.1 years orbit
Bok
C/2026 A2 (Bok)
- 820.14 AU from Sun
- 23,487.6 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2015 V3 (PANSTARRS)
- 821.48 AU from Sun
- 23,545.5 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2019 C1 (ATLAS)
- 832.96 AU from Sun
- 24,040.5 years orbit
Palomar
C/2012 KA51 (Palomar)
- 835.13 AU from Sun
- 24,134.7 years orbit
Meier
C/1984 S1 (Meier)
- 840.08 AU from Sun
- 24,349.3 years orbit
Borrelly
C/1874 O1 (Borrelly)
- 840.59 AU from Sun
Swift
C/1892 E1 (Swift)
- 856.21 AU from Sun
- 25,054 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)
- 859.75 AU from Sun
- 25,209.4 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2018 KJ3 (Lemmon)
- 866.58 AU from Sun
- 25,510.5 years orbit
de Kock-Paraskevopoulos
C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)
- 879.77 AU from Sun
MASTER
C/2020 F5 (MASTER)
- 881.26 AU from Sun
- 26,161.4 years orbit
Holvorcem
C/2013 U2 (Holvorcem)
- 897.5 AU from Sun
- 26,888 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2014 XB8 (PANSTARRS)
- 901.26 AU from Sun
- 27,057.1 years orbit
Utsunomiya
C/1997 T1 (Utsunomiya)
- 918.16 AU from Sun
- 27,821.7 years orbit
Lemmon-ATLAS
C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS)
- 918.88 AU from Sun
- 27,854.6 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2020 T5 (Lemmon)
- 930.8 AU from Sun
- 28,398.1 years orbit
Bradfield
C/1980 Y1 (Bradfield)
- 946.11 AU from Sun
- 29,101.9 years orbit
Christensen
C/2014 M2 (Christensen)
- 952.43 AU from Sun
- 29,393.7 years orbit
Utsunomiya
C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya)
- 952.76 AU from Sun
- 29,409 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2019 T4 (ATLAS)
- 968.77 AU from Sun
- 30,153.6 years orbit
Holmes
C/2008 N1 (Holmes)
- 973.14 AU from Sun
- 30,357.9 years orbit