Comets
4076 TRACKED
Ice and dust on long orbits, growing a tail only when the Sun gets close enough to boil them.
RANKED LISTS
ALL CLASSESPARABOLIC COMET · 1763JUPITER-FAMILY COMET · 847COMET · 733HYPERBOLIC COMET · 520HALLEY-TYPE COMET · 111ENCKE-TYPE COMET · 80CHIRON-TYPE COMET · 22
C/1092 A1
Parabolic comet
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0.77 AU · Sun
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C/1080 P1
Parabolic comet
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0.681 AU · Sun
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C/1018 P1
Parabolic comet
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0.62 AU · Sun
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C/1014 C1
Parabolic comet
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0.56 AU · Sun
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9P/Tempel 1★
Jupiter-family comet
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3.14613 AU · Sun
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99P/Kowal 1
Jupiter-family comet
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6.13451 AU · Sun
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98P/Takamizawa
Jupiter-family comet
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3.80584 AU · Sun
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97P/Metcalf-Brewington
Jupiter-family comet
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4.79985 AU · Sun
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96P/Machholz 1
Jupiter-family comet
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3.03507 AU · Sun
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94P/Russell 4
Encke-type comet
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3.51122 AU · Sun
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93P/Lovas 1
Jupiter-family comet
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4.38987 AU · Sun
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92P/Sanguin
Jupiter-family comet
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5.3666 AU · Sun
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91P/Russell 3
Jupiter-family comet
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3.89035 AU · Sun
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90P/Gehrels 1
Jupiter-family comet
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6.06865 AU · Sun
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8P/Tuttle
Jupiter-family comet
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5.70029 AU · Sun
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89P/Russell 2
Jupiter-family comet
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3.75321 AU · Sun
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88P/Howell
Jupiter-family comet
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3.10557 AU · Sun
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87P/Bus
Encke-type comet
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3.44087 AU · Sun
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86P/Wild 3
Jupiter-family comet
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3.60542 AU · Sun
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85D/Boethin
Jupiter-family comet
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5.18489 AU · Sun
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