Hyperbolic comets
520 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/1975 X1 (Sato)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.864 AU · Sun
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C/1976 D2 (Schuster)
Hyperbolic comet
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6.88 AU · Sun
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C/1976 U1 (Lovas)
Hyperbolic comet
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5.857 AU · Sun
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C/1977 D1 (Lovas)
Hyperbolic comet
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5.716 AU · Sun
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C/1978 A1 (West)
Hyperbolic comet
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5.606 AU · Sun
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C/1978 G2 (McNaught-Tritton)
Hyperbolic comet
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6.284 AU · Sun
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C/1978 H1 (Meier)
Hyperbolic comet
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1.137 AU · Sun
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C/1978 R3 (Machholz)
Hyperbolic comet
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1.772 AU · Sun
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C/1979 M1 (Bradfield)
Hyperbolic comet
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0.413 AU · Sun
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C/1979 M3 (Torres)
Hyperbolic comet
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4.687 AU · Sun
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C/1980 E1 (Bowell)
Hyperbolic comet
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3.364 AU · Sun
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C/1980 L1 (Torres)
Hyperbolic comet
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2.584 AU · Sun
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C/1980 R1 (Russell)
Hyperbolic comet
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2.112 AU · Sun
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C/1981 G1 (Elias)
Hyperbolic comet
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4.743 AU · Sun
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C/1983 O1 (Cernis)
Hyperbolic comet
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3.318 AU · Sun
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C/1983 O2 (IRAS)
Hyperbolic comet
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2.255 AU · Sun
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C/1983 R1 (Shoemaker)
Hyperbolic comet
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3.345 AU · Sun
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C/1984 K1 (Shoemaker)
Hyperbolic comet
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2.697 AU · Sun
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C/1986 P1-A (Wilson)
Hyperbolic comet
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1.2 AU · Sun
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C/1986 P1-B (Wilson)
Hyperbolic comet
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1.199 AU · Sun
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