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/770 K1
Parabolic comet
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0.58 AU · Sun
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C/817 C1
Parabolic comet
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1.1 AU · Sun
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C/868 B1
Parabolic comet
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0.42 AU · Sun
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C/905 K1
Parabolic comet
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0.2 AU · Sun
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C/962 B1
Parabolic comet
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0.63 AU · Sun
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D/1766 G1 (Helfenzrieder)
Jupiter-family comet
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2.665 AU · Sun
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D/1770 L1 (Lexell)
Jupiter-family comet
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3.153 AU · Sun
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D/1884 O1 (Barnard)
Jupiter-family comet
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3.073 AU · Sun
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D/1886 K1 (Brooks)
Jupiter-family comet
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3.092 AU · Sun
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D/1895 Q1 (Swift)
Jupiter-family comet
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3.729 AU · Sun
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D/1918 W1 (Schorr)
Jupiter-family comet
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3.542 AU · Sun
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D/1952 B1 (Harrington-Wilson)
Jupiter-family comet
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3.428 AU · Sun
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D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai)
Encke-type comet
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3.847 AU · Sun
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D/1978 R1 (Haneda-Campos)
Jupiter-family comet
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3.29 AU · Sun
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D/1993 F2-A (Shoemaker-Levy 9)
Jupiter-family comet
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6.865 AU · Sun
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D/1993 F2-B (Shoemaker-Levy 9)
Jupiter-family comet
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6.86 AU · Sun
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D/1993 F2-C (Shoemaker-Levy 9)
Jupiter-family comet
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6.856 AU · Sun
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D/1993 F2-D (Shoemaker-Levy 9)
Jupiter-family comet
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6.852 AU · Sun
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D/1993 F2-E (Shoemaker-Levy 9)
Jupiter-family comet
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6.849 AU · Sun
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D/1993 F2-F (Shoemaker-Levy 9)
Jupiter-family comet
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6.842 AU · Sun
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