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
C/2012 T4 (McNaught)
Comet
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222 AU · Sun
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C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)
Comet
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4.349 AU · Sun
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C/2012 S3 (PANSTARRS)
Hyperbolic comet
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2.308 AU · Sun
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C/2012 S1 (ISON)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.012 AU · Sun
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C/2012 Q1 (Kowalski)
Jupiter-family comet
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26.13 AU · Sun
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C/2012 OP (Siding Spring)
Comet
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1055 AU · Sun
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C/2012 LP26 (Palomar)
Jupiter-family comet
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9075 AU · Sun
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C/2012 L3 (LINEAR)
Comet
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330.7 AU · Sun
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C/2012 L2 (LINEAR)
Comet
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565.7 AU · Sun
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C/2012 L1 (LINEAR)
Comet
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767.7 AU · Sun
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C/2012 KA51 (Palomar)
Comet
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835.1 AU · Sun
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C/2012 K8 (Lemmon)
Hyperbolic comet
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6.463 AU · Sun
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C/2012 K6 (McNaught)
Comet
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4185 AU · Sun
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C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)
Comet
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774.9 AU · Sun
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C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)
Hyperbolic comet
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1.055 AU · Sun
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C/2012 J1 (Catalina)
Hyperbolic comet
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3.159 AU · Sun
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C/2012 H2 (McNaught)
Halley-type comet
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16.14 AU · Sun
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C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
Comet
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487.1 AU · Sun
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C/2012 F3 (PANSTARRS)
Hyperbolic comet
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3.457 AU · Sun
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C/2012 F1 (Gibbs)
Comet
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74.39 AU · Sun
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