Parabolic comets

1763 TRACKED

Ice and dust on long orbits, growing a tail only when the Sun gets close enough to boil them.

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Largest▸
167P/CINEOS — 33.09 km
TOP 25
ALL CLASSESPARABOLIC COMET · 1763JUPITER-FAMILY COMET · 846COMET · 731HYPERBOLIC COMET · 520HALLEY-TYPE COMET · 111ENCKE-TYPE COMET · 79CHIRON-TYPE COMET · 22
NAME▲
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
C/905 K1
Parabolic comet
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0.2 AU · Sun
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C/962 B1
Parabolic comet
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0.63 AU · Sun
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P/2002 P2 (SOHO)
Parabolic comet
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0.005 AU · Sun
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