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
499P/Catalina
Jupiter-family comet
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3.015 AU · Sun
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49P/Arend-Rigaux
Jupiter-family comet
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3.567 AU · Sun
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4P/Faye
Jupiter-family comet
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3.798 AU · Sun
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500P/PANSTARRS
Encke-type comet
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3.356 AU · Sun
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501P/Rankin
Encke-type comet
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2.236 AU · Sun
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502P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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8.05 AU · Sun
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503P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.648 AU · Sun
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504P/WISE-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.745 AU · Sun
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505P/Palomar
Jupiter-family comet
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4.085 AU · Sun
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506P/WISE-LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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5.577 AU · Sun
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507P/Lemmon
Jupiter-family comet
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6.289 AU · Sun
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508P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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3.57 AU · Sun
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509P/Catalina
Jupiter-family comet
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7.022 AU · Sun
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50P/Arend
Jupiter-family comet
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4.087 AU · Sun
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510P/Boattini
Jupiter-family comet
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6.514 AU · Sun
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511P/PANSTARRS
Encke-type comet
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3.012 AU · Sun
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512P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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5.727 AU · Sun
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513P/Broughton
Jupiter-family comet
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7.293 AU · Sun
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514P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.554 AU · Sun
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515P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.385 AU · Sun
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