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
238P/Read
Encke-type comet
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3.166 AU · Sun
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239P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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4.47 AU · Sun
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23P/Brorsen-Metcalf
Halley-type comet
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17.07 AU · Sun
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240P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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3.861 AU · Sun
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240P/NEAT-B
Jupiter-family comet
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3.861 AU · Sun
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241P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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4.954 AU · Sun
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242P/Spahr
Jupiter-family comet
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5.476 AU · Sun
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243P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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3.831 AU · Sun
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244P/Scotti
Jupiter-family comet
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4.892 AU · Sun
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245P/WISE
Jupiter-family comet
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4.004 AU · Sun
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246P/NEAT
Jupiter-family comet
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4.028 AU · Sun
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247P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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3.965 AU · Sun
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248P/Gibbs
Jupiter-family comet
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5.988 AU · Sun
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249P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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2.77 AU · Sun
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24P/Schaumasse
Jupiter-family comet
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4.056 AU · Sun
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250P/Larson
Jupiter-family comet
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3.733 AU · Sun
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251P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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3.492 AU · Sun
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252P/LINEAR
Jupiter-family comet
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3.047 AU · Sun
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253P/PANSTARRS
Jupiter-family comet
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3.469 AU · Sun
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254P/McNaught
Jupiter-family comet
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4.615 AU · Sun
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