Jupiter-family comets
847 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
260P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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3.66884 AU · Sun
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25D/Neujmin 2
Jupiter-family comet
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3.08917 AU · Sun
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258P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.40473 AU · Sun
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257P/Catalina
Jupiter-family comet
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3.75352 AU · Sun
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256P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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4.63126 AU · Sun
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255P/Levy
Jupiter-family comet
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3.02453 AU · Sun
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254P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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4.61498 AU · Sun
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253P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.46934 AU · Sun
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252P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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3.0468 AU · Sun
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251P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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3.49195 AU · Sun
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250P/Larson
Jupiter-family comet
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3.73332 AU · Sun
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24P/Schaumasse
Jupiter-family comet
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4.05572 AU · Sun
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249P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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2.77031 AU · Sun
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248P/Gibbs
Jupiter-family comet
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5.98757 AU · Sun
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247P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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3.96492 AU · Sun
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246P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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4.02783 AU · Sun
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245P/WISE
Jupiter-family comet
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4.00661 AU · Sun
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244P/Scotti
Jupiter-family comet
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4.89231 AU · Sun
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243P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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3.83076 AU · Sun
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242P/Spahr
Jupiter-family comet
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5.47634 AU · Sun
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