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
C/1874 G1 (Winnecke)
Parabolic comet
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0.886 AU · Sun
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C/1874 H1 (Coggia)
Comet
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572.7 AU · Sun
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C/1874 O1 (Borrelly)
Comet
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840.6 AU · Sun
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C/1874 Q1 (Coggia)
Comet
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45.4 AU · Sun
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C/1874 X1 (Borrelly)
Parabolic comet
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0.508 AU · Sun
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C/1877 C1 (Borrelly)
Parabolic comet
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0.807 AU · Sun
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C/1877 G1 (Winnecke)
Comet
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730.8 AU · Sun
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C/1877 G2 (Swift)
Hyperbolic comet
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1.01 AU · Sun
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C/1877 R1 (Coggia)
Parabolic comet
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1.576 AU · Sun
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C/1877 T1 (Tempel)
Comet
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133.1 AU · Sun
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C/1878 N1 (Swift)
Parabolic comet
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1.392 AU · Sun
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C/1879 M1 (Swift)
Parabolic comet
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0.896 AU · Sun
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C/1879 Q1 (Palisa)
Parabolic comet
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0.99 AU · Sun
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C/1879 Q2 (Hartwig)
Parabolic comet
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0.991 AU · Sun
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C/1880 C1 (Great southern comet)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.005 AU · Sun
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C/1880 G1 (Schaeberle)
Hyperbolic comet
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1.814 AU · Sun
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C/1880 S1 (Hartwig)
Parabolic comet
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0.355 AU · Sun
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C/1880 Y1 (Pechule)
Parabolic comet
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0.66 AU · Sun
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C/1881 J1 (Swift)
Parabolic comet
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0.591 AU · Sun
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C/1881 K1 (Great comet)
Comet
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179 AU · Sun
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