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

167P/CINEOS — 33.09 km

ALL CLASSES PARABOLIC COMET · 1763 JUPITER-FAMILY COMET · 846 COMET · 731 HYPERBOLIC COMET · 520 HALLEY-TYPE COMET · 111 ENCKE-TYPE COMET · 79 CHIRON-TYPE COMET · 22

C/1991 L4 (Helin-Alu)

Hyperbolic comet

C/1991 X2 (Mueller)

Hyperbolic comet

0.199 AU · Sun

C/1991 Y1 (Zanotta-Brewington)

Hyperbolic comet

0.644 AU · Sun

C/1992 A1 (Helin-Alu)

Hyperbolic comet

3.017 AU · Sun

C/1992 N1 (Machholz)

Hyperbolic comet

0.819 AU · Sun

C/1993 A1 (Mueller)

Hyperbolic comet

1.937 AU · Sun

C/1993 F1 (Mueller)

Hyperbolic comet

5.901 AU · Sun

C/1993 K1 (Shoemaker-Levy)

Hyperbolic comet

4.849 AU · Sun

C/1993 Q1 (Mueller)

Hyperbolic comet

0.967 AU · Sun

C/1994 G1-B (Takamizawa-Levy)

Hyperbolic comet

1.361 AU · Sun

C/1994 N1 (Nakamura-Nishimura-Machholz)

Hyperbolic comet

C/1995 Y1 (Hyakutake)

Hyperbolic comet

1.055 AU · Sun

C/1996 E1 (NEAT)

Hyperbolic comet

1.359 AU · Sun

C/1996 J1-A (Evans-Drinkwater)

Hyperbolic comet

1.298 AU · Sun

C/1996 J1-B (Evans-Drinkwater)

Hyperbolic comet

1.299 AU · Sun

C/1996 N1 (Brewington)

Hyperbolic comet

0.926 AU · Sun

C/1996 P2 (Russell-Watson)

Hyperbolic comet

2.006 AU · Sun

C/1997 A1 (NEAT)

Hyperbolic comet

3.157 AU · Sun

C/1997 D1 (Mueller)

Hyperbolic comet

2.248 AU · Sun

C/1997 J2 (Meunier-Dupouy)

Hyperbolic comet

3.051 AU · Sun