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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Van Ness
C/2004 S1 (Van Ness)
- 132,276.65 AU from Sun
- 48,109,736.3 years orbit
Helin
C/1977 H1 (Helin)
- 148,777.26 AU from Sun
- 57,386,935.2 years orbit
McNaught
C/2005 L2 (McNaught)
- 155,353.27 AU from Sun
- 61,233,459.8 years orbit
WISE
C/2010 J4 (WISE)
- 169,416.3 AU from Sun
- 69,733,421.7 years orbit
LINEAR
C/2007 D1 (LINEAR)
- 171,366.67 AU from Sun
- 70,941,073.4 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)
- 241,497.71 AU from Sun
- 118,680,049.3 years orbit
Helin-Roman
C/1989 R1 (Helin-Roman)
- 252,659.82 AU from Sun
- 127,002,557.8 years orbit
Machholz
C/1988 P1 (Machholz)
- 268,133.7 AU from Sun
- 138,846,615.7 years orbit
Ichimura
C/1987 W1 (Ichimura)
- 327,902.55 AU from Sun
- 187,769,649.9 years orbit
Smith
C/2019 K7 (Smith)
- 333,367.35 AU from Sun
- 192,483,188.2 years orbit
Bradfield
C/1978 T3 (Bradfield)
- 547,482.58 AU from Sun
- 405,101,317.9 years orbit
McKenzie-Russell
C/1989 Y2 (McKenzie-Russell)
- 562,869.87 AU from Sun
- 422,299,152.8 years orbit
PANSTARRS
C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS)
- 651,202.3 AU from Sun
- 525,511,335.9 years orbit
Peltier
C/1933 D1 (Peltier)
- 787,220.71 AU from Sun
- 698,478,382.5 years orbit
ASAS
C/2004 R2 (ASAS)
- 1,619,082.25 AU from Sun
- 2,060,210,375.3 years orbit