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
481P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.785 AU · Sun
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482P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.762 AU · Sun
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483P/PANSTARRS-A
Encke-type comet
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3.173 AU · Sun
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483P/PANSTARRS-B
Encke-type comet
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3.172 AU · Sun
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484P/Spacewatch
Jupiter-family comet
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3.762 AU · Sun
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485P/Sheppard-Tholen
Jupiter-family comet
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6.841 AU · Sun
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486P/Leonard
Jupiter-family comet
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3.629 AU · Sun
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487P/Siding Spring
Jupiter-family comet
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5.165 AU · Sun
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488P/NEAT-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.737 AU · Sun
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489P/Denning
Jupiter-family comet
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4.443 AU · Sun
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48P/Johnson
Jupiter-family comet
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3.499 AU · Sun
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490P/ATLAS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.025 AU · Sun
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491P/Spacewatch-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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5.012 AU · Sun
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492P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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5.746 AU · Sun
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493P/LONEOS
Jupiter-family comet
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7.116 AU · Sun
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494P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.798 AU · Sun
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495P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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4.751 AU · Sun
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496P/Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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6.079 AU · Sun
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497P/Spacewatch-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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5.587 AU · Sun
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498P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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4.592 AU · Sun
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