Comets
4072 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 · 846COMET · 731HYPERBOLIC COMET · 520HALLEY-TYPE COMET · 111ENCKE-TYPE COMET · 79CHIRON-TYPE COMET · 22
301P/LINEAR-NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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5.687 AU · Sun
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300P/Catalina
Jupiter-family comet
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2.699 AU · Sun
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2P/Encke★
Encke-type comet
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2.22 AU · Sun
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2I/Borisov★
Hyperbolic comet
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2.007 AU · Sun
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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
Jupiter-family comet
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6.046 AU · Sun
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299P/Catalina-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.385 AU · Sun
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298P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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3.49 AU · Sun
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297P/Beshore
Encke-type comet
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3.484 AU · Sun
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296P/Garradd
Jupiter-family comet
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3.503 AU · Sun
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295P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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5.346 AU · Sun
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294P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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3.203 AU · Sun
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293P/Spacewatch
Jupiter-family comet
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3.639 AU · Sun
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292P/Li
Jupiter-family comet
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6.135 AU · Sun
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291P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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4.55 AU · Sun
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290P/Jager
Jupiter-family comet
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6.103 AU · Sun
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28P/Neujmin 1
Jupiter-family comet
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6.965 AU · Sun
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289P/Blanpain
Jupiter-family comet
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3.045 AU · Sun
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287P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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4.168 AU · Sun
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286P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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4.115 AU · Sun
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285P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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4.509 AU · Sun
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