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/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
Comet
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78.6829 AU · Sun
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C/2011 Y3 (Boattini)
Jupiter-family comet
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11.8537 AU · Sun
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C/2012 A1 (PANSTARRS)
Hyperbolic comet
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7.60443 AU · Sun
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C/2012 A2 (LINEAR)
Comet
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979.306 AU · Sun
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C/2012 B3 (La Sagra)
Hyperbolic comet
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3.53654 AU · Sun
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C/2012 BJ98 (Lemmon)
Jupiter-family comet
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17.0682 AU · Sun
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C/2012 C1 (McNaught)
Comet
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1275.11 AU · Sun
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C/2012 C2 (Bruenjes)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.802314 AU · Sun
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C/2012 CH17 (MOSS)
Comet
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109 658 AU · Sun
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C/2012 E1 (Hill)
Comet
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3775.71 AU · Sun
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C/2012 E2 (SWAN)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.00696161 AU · Sun
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C/2012 E3 (PANSTARRS)
Comet
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221.423 AU · Sun
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C/2012 F1 (Gibbs)
Comet
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74.3858 AU · Sun
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C/2012 F3 (PANSTARRS)
Hyperbolic comet
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3.45694 AU · Sun
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C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
Comet
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487.14 AU · Sun
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C/2012 H2 (McNaught)
Halley-type comet
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16.1365 AU · Sun
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C/2012 J1 (Catalina)
Hyperbolic comet
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3.15871 AU · Sun
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C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)
Hyperbolic comet
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1.0546 AU · Sun
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C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)
Comet
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774.896 AU · Sun
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C/2012 K6 (McNaught)
Comet
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4184.88 AU · Sun
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