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/2016 Q2 (PANSTARRS)
Comet
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53 940 AU · Sun
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C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski)
Chiron-type comet
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16.8 AU · Sun
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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)
Comet
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704.7 AU · Sun
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C/2016 R3 (Borisov)
Comet
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98.98 AU · Sun
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C/2016 S1 (PANSTARRS)
Halley-type comet
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8.284 AU · Sun
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C/2016 T1 (Matheny)
Comet
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126.1 AU · Sun
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C/2016 T2 (Matheny)
Comet
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101.8 AU · Sun
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C/2016 T3 (PANSTARRS)
Comet
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142.3 AU · Sun
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C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.319 AU · Sun
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C/2016 VZ18 (PANSTARRS)
Comet
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194.6 AU · Sun
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C/2016 X1 (Lemmon)
Chiron-type comet
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2019 AU · Sun
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C/2017 A1 (PANSTARRS)
Comet
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80.36 AU · Sun
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C/2017 A3 (Elenin)
Comet
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43.35 AU · Sun
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C/2017 AB5 (PANSTARRS)
Chiron-type comet
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127 600 AU · Sun
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C/2017 B3 (LINEAR)
Hyperbolic comet
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3.921 AU · Sun
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C/2017 C1 (NEOWISE)
Halley-type comet
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20.8 AU · Sun
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C/2017 C2 (PANSTARRS)
Comet
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98.46 AU · Sun
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C/2017 D2 (Barros)
Comet
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1380 AU · Sun
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C/2017 D3 (ATLAS)
Hyperbolic comet
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4.971 AU · Sun
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C/2017 D5 (PANSTARRS)
Comet
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112.7 AU · Sun
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