Destroyed comets

comet

comet discovered in 2012, with a close approach to Earth in December 2013

Comet that dissolved and assumed as gone

sungrazing comet first observed in 1965

comet

5D/Brorsen (also known as '''Brorsen's Comet or Comet Brorsen''') was a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered on February 26, 1846, by Danish astronomer Theodor Brorsen. The comet was last seen in 1879 and is now considered lost.

Kreutz Sungrazer comet discovered in November 2011 by Terry Lovejoy

Kreutz sungrazing comet

hyperbolic comet

comet

Comet Boethin (officially 85D/Boethin) was a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered in 1975 by Leo Boethin. It appeared again in January 1986 as expected. Although the comet was next expected at perihelion in April 1997, no observations were reported, and the comet is thought to have disintegrated sometime after it was last observed in March 1986. The comet might have come to perihelion in late July 2020, but the uncertainty in the comet's position is hundreds of millions of km. The old orbit would have the comet next coming to perihelion around November 2031.

20D/Westphal was a periodic comet with an orbital period of 61 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet (20 years < period < 200 years). The comet appeared to disintegrate during the 1913 apparition and has not been observed since then.

non-periodic comet that possibly disintegrated during perihelion

comet

long-period sungrazing comet which disintegrated after perihelion in 2025

comet discovered in 2026

sungrazing comet

long-period comet

non-periodic comet

comet

long-period comet

astronomical object

disintegrated active main-belt asteroid

oort cloud comet

comet