Comets
4072 TRACKEDIce and dust on long orbits, growing a tail only when the Sun gets close enough to boil them.
RANKED LISTS
PRIMER — 60 SECONDS
Why the tail points away from the Sun
It is not trailing behind the motion — solar wind and radiation pressure push it directly away from the Sun, so an outbound comet flies tail-first.
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THE FAMOUS ONES
] 5 ENTRIESALL CLASSESPARABOLIC COMET · 1763JUPITER-FAMILY COMET · 846COMET · 731HYPERBOLIC COMET · 520HALLEY-TYPE COMET · 111ENCKE-TYPE COMET · 79CHIRON-TYPE COMET · 22
355P/LINEAR-NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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3.472 AU · Sun
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356P/WISE
Jupiter-family comet
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4.164 AU · Sun
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357P/Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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4.45 AU · Sun
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358P/PANSTARRS
Encke-type comet
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3.147 AU · Sun
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359P/LONEOS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.631 AU · Sun
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35P/Herschel-Rigollet
Halley-type comet
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28.84 AU · Sun
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360P/WISE
Jupiter-family comet
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3.705 AU · Sun
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361P/Spacewatch
Jupiter-family comet
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4.946 AU · Sun
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363P/Lemmon
Jupiter-family comet
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3.405 AU · Sun
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364P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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2.878 AU · Sun
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365P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.186 AU · Sun
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366P/Spacewatch
Encke-type comet
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3.501 AU · Sun
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367P/Catalina
Encke-type comet
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3.511 AU · Sun
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368P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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5.504 AU · Sun
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369P/Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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4.385 AU · Sun
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36P/Whipple
Jupiter-family comet
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4.165 AU · Sun
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370P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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6.459 AU · Sun
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371P/LINEAR-Skiff
Jupiter-family comet
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4.164 AU · Sun
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372P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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4.494 AU · Sun
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373P/Rinner
Jupiter-family comet
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3.802 AU · Sun
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374P/Larson
Jupiter-family comet
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4.969 AU · Sun
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375P/Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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5.567 AU · Sun
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376P/LONEOS
Jupiter-family comet
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5.857 AU · Sun
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377P/Scotti
Jupiter-family comet
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6.728 AU · Sun
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378P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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6.364 AU · Sun
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379P/Spacewatch
Jupiter-family comet
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3.526 AU · Sun
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37P/Forbes
Jupiter-family comet
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3.458 AU · Sun
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380P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.528 AU · Sun
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381P/LINEAR-Spacewatch
Jupiter-family comet
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7.123 AU · Sun
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382P/Larson
Jupiter-family comet
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6.052 AU · Sun
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383P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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3.497 AU · Sun
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384P/Kowalski
Jupiter-family comet
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2.903 AU · Sun
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385P/Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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4.275 AU · Sun
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386P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.052 AU · Sun
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387P/Boattini
Jupiter-family comet
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4.799 AU · Sun
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388P/Gibbs
Jupiter-family comet
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5.239 AU · Sun
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389P/Siding Spring
Jupiter-family comet
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5.62 AU · Sun
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38P/Stephan-Oterma
Halley-type comet
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11.29 AU · Sun
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390P/Gibbs
Jupiter-family comet
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5.81 AU · Sun
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391P/Kowalski
Jupiter-family comet
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4.679 AU · Sun
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392P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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6.156 AU · Sun
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393P/Spacewatch-Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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4.774 AU · Sun
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394P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.339 AU · Sun
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395P/Catalina-NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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6.579 AU · Sun
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396P/Leonard
Jupiter-family comet
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6.842 AU · Sun
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397P/Lemmon
Jupiter-family comet
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3.86 AU · Sun
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398P/Boattini
Jupiter-family comet
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3.128 AU · Sun
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399P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.811 AU · Sun
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39P/Oterma
Chiron-type comet
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7.403 AU · Sun
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3D/Biela
Jupiter-family comet
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3.535 AU · Sun
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400P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.56 AU · Sun
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401P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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5.693 AU · Sun
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402P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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6.979 AU · Sun
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403P/CATALINA
Jupiter-family comet
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5.408 AU · Sun
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404P/Bressi
Jupiter-family comet
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4.77 AU · Sun
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405P/Lemmon
Jupiter-family comet
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3.607 AU · Sun
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406P/Gibbs
Jupiter-family comet
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3.44 AU · Sun
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407P/PANSTARRS-Fuls
Encke-type comet
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3.455 AU · Sun
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408P/Novichonok-Gerke
Jupiter-family comet
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4.783 AU · Sun
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409P/LONEOS-Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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6.053 AU · Sun
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40P/Vaisala 1
Jupiter-family comet
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4.904 AU · Sun
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410P/NEAT-LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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6.627 AU · Sun
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411P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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5.807 AU · Sun
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412P/WISE
Encke-type comet
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3.107 AU · Sun
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413P/Larson
Jupiter-family comet
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3.714 AU · Sun
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414P/STEREO
Jupiter-family comet
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2.794 AU · Sun
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415P/Tenagra
Jupiter-family comet
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4.115 AU · Sun
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416P/Scotti
Jupiter-family comet
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4.005 AU · Sun
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417P/NEOWISE
Jupiter-family comet
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3.35 AU · Sun
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418P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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5.102 AU · Sun
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419P/PANSTARRS
Encke-type comet
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3.524 AU · Sun
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41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
Jupiter-family comet
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3.085 AU · Sun
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420P/Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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5.513 AU · Sun
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421P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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5.08 AU · Sun
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422P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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6.262 AU · Sun
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423P/Lemmon
Jupiter-family comet
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6.158 AU · Sun
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424P/La Sagra
Jupiter-family comet
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4.401 AU · Sun
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425P/Kowalski
Jupiter-family comet
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6.34 AU · Sun
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426P/PANSTARRS
Encke-type comet
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3.187 AU · Sun
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427P/ATLAS
Encke-type comet
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3.171 AU · Sun
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428P/Gibbs
Jupiter-family comet
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3.483 AU · Sun
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429P/LINEAR-Hill
Jupiter-family comet
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3.493 AU · Sun
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42P/Neujmin 3
Jupiter-family comet
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4.858 AU · Sun
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430P/Scotti
Encke-type comet
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3.107 AU · Sun
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431P/Scotti
Jupiter-family comet
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3.442 AU · Sun
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432P/PANSTARRS
Encke-type comet
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3.037 AU · Sun
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434P/Tenagra
Jupiter-family comet
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4.149 AU · Sun
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435P/PANSTARRS
Encke-type comet
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3.018 AU · Sun
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436P/Garradd
Jupiter-family comet
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5.862 AU · Sun
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437P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.56 AU · Sun
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438P/Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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3.824 AU · Sun
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439P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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3.359 AU · Sun
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43P/Wolf-Harrington
Jupiter-family comet
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4.307 AU · Sun
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440P/Kobayashi
Jupiter-family comet
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8.566 AU · Sun
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441P/PANSTARRS
Encke-type comet
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4.135 AU · Sun
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442P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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4.971 AU · Sun
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443P/PANSTARRS-Christensen
Jupiter-family comet
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4.132 AU · Sun
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444P/WISE-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.428 AU · Sun
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445P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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4.058 AU · Sun
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446P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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4.581 AU · Sun
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