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.
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LINEAR
C/2012 A2 (LINEAR)
- 979.31 AU from Sun
- 30,646.8 years orbit
Shoemaker
C/1984 U1 (Shoemaker)
- 981.67 AU from Sun
- 30,757.7 years orbit
LINEAR
C/1998 M4 (LINEAR)
- 994.94 AU from Sun
- 31,383.8 years orbit
Metcalf
C/1910 P1 (Metcalf)
- 1,006.32 AU from Sun
- 31,923.5 years orbit
NEAT
C/2002 V1 (NEAT)
- 1,010.52 AU from Sun
- 32,123.6 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2014 G1 (PANSTARRS)
- 1,032.09 AU from Sun
- 33,157.6 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2020 Y2 (ATLAS)
- 1,045.95 AU from Sun
- 33,827.8 years orbit
Siding Spring
C/2012 OP (Siding Spring)
- 1,054.51 AU from Sun
- 34,244.2 years orbit
Iwamoto
C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto)
- 1,060.41 AU from Sun
- 34,531.8 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2019 Y4-B (ATLAS)
- 1,063.92 AU from Sun
- 34,703.1 years orbit
Barbon
C/1966 P2 (Barbon)
- 1,068.12 AU from Sun
- 34,909.2 years orbit
Austin
C/1982 M1 (Austin)
- 1,072.84 AU from Sun
- 35,140.8 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2016 A5 (PANSTARRS)
- 1,093.26 AU from Sun
- 36,148.6 years orbit
Skjellerup-Maristany
C/1927 X1 (Skjellerup-Maristany)
- 1,100.98 AU from Sun
Kohoutek
C/1973 D1 (Kohoutek)
- 1,105.38 AU from Sun
- 36,751.5 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2001 A2-B (LINEAR)
- 1,118.6 AU from Sun
- 37,413 years orbit
Jacques
C/2017 K6 (Jacques)
- 1,125.87 AU from Sun
- 37,778 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2014 Q1 (PANSTARRS)
- 1,132.6 AU from Sun
- 38,117.6 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2026 B3 (PANSTARRS)
- 1,143.13 AU from Sun
- 38,650.3 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2001 U6 (LINEAR)
- 1,149.65 AU from Sun
- 38,981.3 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2025 Q1 (ATLAS)
- 1,157.92 AU from Sun
- 39,402.6 years orbit
Levy-Rudenko
C/1984 V1 (Levy-Rudenko)
- 1,163.49 AU from Sun
- 39,687.2 years orbit
Gibbs
C/2011 A3 (Gibbs)
- 1,168.85 AU from Sun
- 39,961.7 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2021 R7 (PANSTARRS)
- 1,172.79 AU from Sun
- 40,164.2 years orbit