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
89P/Russell 2
Jupiter-family comet
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3.753 AU · Sun
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8P/Tuttle
Jupiter-family comet
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5.7 AU · Sun
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90P/Gehrels 1
Jupiter-family comet
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6.069 AU · Sun
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91P/Russell 3
Jupiter-family comet
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3.89 AU · Sun
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92P/Sanguin
Jupiter-family comet
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5.367 AU · Sun
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93P/Lovas 1
Jupiter-family comet
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4.39 AU · Sun
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94P/Russell 4
Encke-type comet
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3.511 AU · Sun
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96P/Machholz 1
Jupiter-family comet
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3.035 AU · Sun
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97P/Metcalf-Brewington
Jupiter-family comet
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4.8 AU · Sun
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98P/Takamizawa
Jupiter-family comet
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3.806 AU · Sun
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99P/Kowal 1
Jupiter-family comet
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6.135 AU · Sun
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9P/Tempel 1★
Jupiter-family comet
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3.146 AU · Sun
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C/1014 C1
Parabolic comet
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0.56 AU · Sun
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C/1018 P1
Parabolic comet
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0.62 AU · Sun
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C/1080 P1
Parabolic comet
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0.681 AU · Sun
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C/1092 A1
Parabolic comet
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0.77 AU · Sun
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C/1097 T1
Parabolic comet
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0.3 AU · Sun
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C/1110 K1
Parabolic comet
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0.83 AU · Sun
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C/1132 T1
Parabolic comet
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0.736 AU · Sun
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C/1147 A1
Parabolic comet
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0.12 AU · Sun
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