Category

Non-periodic comets

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Comet Hale-Bopp

long-period comet

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

comet discovered in 2020 by the WISE space telescope

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

Comet Hyakutake

bright comet discovered in 1996

C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

long period comet

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)

long period comet

long-period comet

astronomical object

non-periodic comet

Comet with the highest orbiting period

C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

Great Comet of 1811

astronomical object

Great Comet of 1680

Great Comet of 1577

comet discovered in 1858

Comet Arend–Roland

solar system comet

Great January comet of 1910

non-periodic comet

long-period comet

Great Comet of 1744

non-periodic comet

C/2021 A1 (Leonard)

hyperbolic comet

C/2010 X1 (Elenin)

one of two brilliant comets to grace the 1970s

C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)

Oort cloud comet

C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)

long-period comet

astronomical object

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

non-periodic comet that possibly disintegrated during perihelion

astronomical object

astronomical object

C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)

C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

non-periodic comet

Comet Skjellerup–Maristany

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)

long-period sungrazing comet which disintegrated after perihelion in 2025

Great Comet of 1556

long-period comet

Oort cloud comet

C/2026 A1 (MAPS)

comet discovered in 2026

comet discovered in 2017

long-period comet

Great Comet of 1901

C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)

C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)

Great Southern Comet of 1887

astronomical object

Comet Morehouse

parabolic comet

astronomical object

long-period comet

Great Comet of 1264