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/1881 N1 (Schaeberle)
Parabolic comet
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0.634 AU · Sun
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C/1881 S1 (Barnard)
Parabolic comet
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0.449 AU · Sun
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C/1881 W1 (Swift)
Comet
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195.8 AU · Sun
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C/1882 F1 (Wells)
Comet
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0.061 AU · Sun
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C/1882 R1-A (Great September comet)
Comet
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76.73 AU · Sun
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C/1882 R1-B (Great September comet)
Comet
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83.36 AU · Sun
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C/1882 R1-C (Great September comet)
Comet
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91.19 AU · Sun
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C/1882 R1-D (Great September comet)
Comet
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96.86 AU · Sun
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C/1882 R2 (Barnard)
Parabolic comet
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0.956 AU · Sun
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C/1883 D1 (Brooks-Swift)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.76 AU · Sun
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C/1884 A1 (Ross)
Parabolic comet
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0.31 AU · Sun
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C/1885 N1 (Barnard)
Parabolic comet
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2.506 AU · Sun
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C/1885 R1 (Brooks)
Comet
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42.24 AU · Sun
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C/1885 X1 (Fabry)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.642 AU · Sun
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C/1885 X2 (Barnard)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.479 AU · Sun
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C/1885 Y1 (Brooks)
Hyperbolic comet
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1.079 AU · Sun
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C/1886 H1 (Brooks)
Comet
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55.49 AU · Sun
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C/1886 J1 (Brooks)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.842 AU · Sun
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C/1886 T1 (Barnard-Hartwig)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.663 AU · Sun
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C/1887 B1 (Great southern comet)
Parabolic comet
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0.005 AU · Sun
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