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
Largest▸
C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) — 68.5 km
TOP 25
ALL CLASSESPARABOLIC COMET · 1763JUPITER-FAMILY COMET · 847COMET · 733HYPERBOLIC COMET · 520HALLEY-TYPE COMET · 111ENCKE-TYPE COMET · 80CHIRON-TYPE COMET · 22
NAME▲
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
488P/NEAT-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.73691 AU · Sun
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489P/Denning
Jupiter-family comet
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4.44335 AU · Sun
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48P/Johnson
Jupiter-family comet
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3.49886 AU · Sun
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490P/ATLAS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.02547 AU · Sun
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491P/Spacewatch-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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5.01251 AU · Sun
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492P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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5.74576 AU · Sun
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493P/LONEOS
Jupiter-family comet
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7.11619 AU · Sun
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494P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.79795 AU · Sun
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495P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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4.75075 AU · Sun
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496P/Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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6.07894 AU · Sun
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497P/Spacewatch-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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5.5866 AU · Sun
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498P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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4.59183 AU · Sun
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499P/Catalina
Jupiter-family comet
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3.01542 AU · Sun
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49P/Arend-Rigaux
Jupiter-family comet
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3.56684 AU · Sun
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4P/Faye
Jupiter-family comet
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3.79787 AU · Sun
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502P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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8.0464 AU · Sun
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503P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.64809 AU · Sun
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504P/WISE-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.74452 AU · Sun
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505P/Palomar
Jupiter-family comet
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4.0851 AU · Sun
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506P/WISE-LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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5.57712 AU · Sun
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