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
17P/Holmes
Jupiter-family comet
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3.626 AU · Sun
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179P/Jedicke
Jupiter-family comet
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5.937 AU · Sun
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178P/Hug-Bell
Jupiter-family comet
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3.651 AU · Sun
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177P/Barnard
Halley-type comet
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24.3 AU · Sun
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175P/Hergenrother
Jupiter-family comet
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3.436 AU · Sun
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173P/Mueller 5
Jupiter-family comet
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5.691 AU · Sun
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172P/Yeung
Jupiter-family comet
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4.18 AU · Sun
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171P/Spahr
Jupiter-family comet
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3.558 AU · Sun
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170P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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4.201 AU · Sun
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16P/Brooks 2
Jupiter-family comet
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3.375 AU · Sun
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169P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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2.603 AU · Sun
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168P/Hergenrother
Jupiter-family comet
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3.624 AU · Sun
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167P/CINEOS
Chiron-type comet
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16.14 AU · Sun
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166P/NEAT
Chiron-type comet
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13.88 AU · Sun
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165P/LINEAR
Chiron-type comet
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18.05 AU · Sun
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164P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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3.661 AU · Sun
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163P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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3.68 AU · Sun
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162P/Siding Spring
Jupiter-family comet
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3.053 AU · Sun
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161P/Hartley-IRAS
Halley-type comet
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7.723 AU · Sun
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160P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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3.967 AU · Sun
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