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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Montani
C/1998 M6 (Montani)
- 5,335.66 AU from Sun
- 389,753.9 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2021 C4 (ATLAS)
- 5,607.93 AU from Sun
- 419,964 years orbit
McNaught
C/2005 S4 (McNaught)
- 5,686.27 AU from Sun
- 428,794.6 years orbit
Tabur
C/2003 T3 (Tabur)
- 5,704.86 AU from Sun
- 430,899.1 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2024 B2 (Lemmon)
- 5,745.32 AU from Sun
- 435,491.5 years orbit
NEOWISE
C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE)
- 5,803.18 AU from Sun
- 442,086.2 years orbit
Siding Spring
C/2004 T3 (Siding Spring)
- 5,807.75 AU from Sun
- 442,608.9 years orbit
ATLAS
C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
- 5,811.16 AU from Sun
- 442,998.2 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2020 U5 (PANSTARRS)
- 5,825.3 AU from Sun
- 444,617 years orbit
Tsuchinshan
C/1977 V1 (Tsuchinshan)
- 5,966.22 AU from Sun
- 460,847.8 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2024 D1 (Lemmon)
- 5,978.98 AU from Sun
- 462,327.1 years orbit
Shoemaker-Levy
C/1991 T2 (Shoemaker-Levy)
- 6,013.61 AU from Sun
- 466,349.5 years orbit
Harlan
C/1976 J1 (Harlan)
- 6,090.35 AU from Sun
- 475,304.3 years orbit
Hartley-Good
C/1985 R1 (Hartley-Good)
- 6,158.91 AU from Sun
- 483,352.6 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2025 M1 (PANSTARRS)
- 6,206.16 AU from Sun
- 488,926 years orbit
McNaught
C/2010 J2 (McNaught)
- 6,262.87 AU from Sun
- 495,642.5 years orbit
Lemmon
C/2024 J4 (Lemmon)
- 6,306.36 AU from Sun
- 500,813.7 years orbit
Tago-Sato-Kosaka
C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)
- 6,402.32 AU from Sun
- 512,287.6 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2014 Q6 (PANSTARRS)
- 6,484.67 AU from Sun
- 522,203.3 years orbit
Leonard
C/2022 U1 (Leonard)
- 6,624.69 AU from Sun
- 539,208.6 years orbit
Bradfield
C/1992 B1 (Bradfield)
- 6,732.2 AU from Sun
- 552,387.5 years orbit
Catalina
C/1999 F1 (Catalina)
- 6,840.66 AU from Sun
- 565,789.8 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2003 T2 (LINEAR)
- 6,887.43 AU from Sun
- 571,602 years orbit
McNaught
C/2006 Q1 (McNaught)
- 6,916.47 AU from Sun
- 575,221.8 years orbit