Category
page 1Long-period comets
Comet Ikeya–Seki
sungrazing comet first observed in 1965
C/2011 W3
Kreutz Sungrazer comet discovered in November 2011 by Terry Lovejoy
Great Comet of 1882
Kreutz sungrazing comet
Great Comet of 1843
long-period comet visible in March 1843
153P/Ikeya–Zhang
Comet Ikeya–Zhang (Japanese, Chinese: 池谷-張彗星, officially designated 153P/Ikeya–Zhang) is a long-period comet discovered independently by two astronomers from Japan and China in 2002. It has by far the longest orbital period of the numbered periodic comets. It was last observed in October 2002 when it was about from the Sun.
C/1861 J1
astronomical object
list of long-period comets
Wikimedia list article
C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
comet
C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)
comet
Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock
astronomical object
C/2025 R2 (SWAN)
non-periodic comet
C/1911 O1
comet
Comet Pereyra
comet
C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)
sungrazing comet
C/2012 E2 (SWAN)
comet
C/2007 K5
periodic comet
X/1882 K1
sungrazing comet
C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina)
Solar System comet
C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)
comet