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الصغيرة والمذنبات التي زارتها مركبات فضائية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قائمة الكواكب الصغيرة والمذنبات التي زارتها مركبات فضائية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronologie_der_Raumsonden_zu_Kometen_und_Asteroiden" title="Chronologie der Raumsonden zu Kometen und Asteroiden – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chronologie der Raumsonden zu Kometen und Asteroiden" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B4%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%BC%CE%B5_%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%AD%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Κατάλογος αστεροειδών και κομητών με προσέγγιση διαστημικού οχήματος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κατάλογος αστεροειδών και κομητών με προσέγγιση διαστημικού οχήματος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_plan%C3%A8tes_mineures_et_com%C3%A8tes_explor%C3%A9es_par_une_sonde_spatiale" title="Liste des planètes mineures et comètes explorées par une sonde spatiale – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Liste des planètes mineures et comètes explorées par une sonde spatiale" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EC%A3%BC%EC%84%A0%EC%9D%B4_%EB%B0%A9%EB%AC%B8%ED%95%9C_%EC%86%8C%ED%96%89%EC%84%B1%EC%B2%B4%EC%99%80_%ED%98%9C%EC%84%B1_%EB%AA%A9%EB%A1%9D" title="우주선이 방문한 소행성체와 혜성 목록 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="우주선이 방문한 소행성체와 혜성 목록" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_ruimtevluchten_naar_kometen,_planeto%C3%AFden_en/of_dwergplaneten" title="Lijst van ruimtevluchten naar kometen, planetoïden en/of dwergplaneten – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lijst van ruimtevluchten naar kometen, planetoïden en/of dwergplaneten" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_corpos_menores_e_cometas_visitados_por_sondas_espaciais" title="Lista de corpos menores e cometas visitados por sondas espaciais – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lista de corpos menores e cometas visitados por sondas espaciais" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" 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spacecraft</figcaption></figure> <p>The following tables list all <a href="/wiki/Minor_planets" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor planets">minor planets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comets</a> that have been visited by robotic <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft" title="Spacecraft">spacecraft</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_minor_planets_visited_by_spacecraft">List of minor planets visited by spacecraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of minor planets visited by spacecraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A total of 18 <a href="/wiki/Minor_planet" title="Minor planet">minor planets</a> (<a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_planet" title="Dwarf planet">dwarf planets</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kuiper_belt" title="Kuiper belt">Kuiper belt</a> objects) have been visited by <a href="/wiki/Space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Space probe">space probes</a>. <a href="/wiki/Natural_satellite" title="Natural satellite">Moons</a> (not directly orbiting the Sun) and <a href="/wiki/Planet" title="Planet">planets</a> are not minor planets and thus are not included in the table below. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 404px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 402px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Small_Asteroids_and_Comets_Visited_by_Spacecraft.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft as of 2019 (except Pluto, Ceres, and Vesta), to scale"><img alt="Minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft as of 2019 (except Pluto, Ceres, and Vesta), to scale" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Small_Asteroids_and_Comets_Visited_by_Spacecraft.jpg/603px-Small_Asteroids_and_Comets_Visited_by_Spacecraft.jpg" decoding="async" width="402" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Small_Asteroids_and_Comets_Visited_by_Spacecraft.jpg/905px-Small_Asteroids_and_Comets_Visited_by_Spacecraft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Small_Asteroids_and_Comets_Visited_by_Spacecraft.jpg/1206px-Small_Asteroids_and_Comets_Visited_by_Spacecraft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10500" data-file-height="6268" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft as of 2019 (except Pluto, Ceres, and Vesta), to scale</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 322px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 320px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asteroidsscale.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The comparative sizes of the first eight asteroids visited by spacecraft"><img alt="The comparative sizes of the first eight asteroids visited by spacecraft" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Asteroidsscale.jpg/480px-Asteroidsscale.jpg" decoding="async" width="320" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Asteroidsscale.jpg/720px-Asteroidsscale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Asteroidsscale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The comparative sizes of the first eight asteroids visited by spacecraft</div> </li> </ul> <p><br /> </p> <div style="clear:right;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background-color: #ccffcc;"><a href="/wiki/Minor_planet" title="Minor planet">Minor planet</a> </th> <th colspan="5" style="background-color: #FFFF99;"><a href="/wiki/Space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Space probe">Space probe</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E5FFE5;" width="100">Name </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E5FFE5;" class="unsortable">Image </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E5FFE5; font-weight: normal;" data-sort-type="number"><b>Dimensions<br />(km)</b><sup>(a)</sup> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E5FFE5;">Discovery<br />year </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Name </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffffcc;" data-sort-type="number">Closest approach </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #ffffcc;" class="unsortable">Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <th width="60" style="background-color: #ffffcc;" data-sort-type="number">year </th> <th width="60" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">in <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">km</a> </th> <th width="60" style="background-color: #ffffcc; font-weight: normal;"><b>in radii</b><sup>(b)</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000951 !"><a href="/wiki/951_Gaspra" title="951 Gaspra">951 Gaspra</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:951_Gaspra.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/951_Gaspra.jpg/50px-951_Gaspra.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/951_Gaspra.jpg/75px-951_Gaspra.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/951_Gaspra.jpg/100px-951_Gaspra.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="880" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="012.53 !">18.2 × 10.5 × 8.9</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(12.2 km)</span> </td> <td align="center">1916 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Galileo_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Galileo spacecraft">Galileo</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1991 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7003160000000000000♠">1,600</span> </td> <td align="right">262 </td> <td>Flyby; first asteroid visited by a spacecraft. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000243 !"><a href="/wiki/243_Ida" title="243 Ida">243 Ida</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:243_ida_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/243_ida_crop.jpg/50px-243_ida_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/243_ida_crop.jpg/75px-243_ida_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/243_ida_crop.jpg/100px-243_ida_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="033.67 !">56 × 24 × 21</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(28 km)</span> </td> <td align="center">1884 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Galileo_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Galileo spacecraft">Galileo</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1993 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7003239000000000000♠">2,390</span> </td> <td align="right">152 </td> <td>Flyby; discovered <a href="/wiki/Dactyl_(moon)" title="Dactyl (moon)">Dactyl</a>; first asteroid with a moon visited by a spacecraft, largest asteroid visited by spacecraft at the time. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000253 !"><a href="/wiki/253_Mathilde" title="253 Mathilde">253 Mathilde</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:(253)_mathilde_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/%28253%29_mathilde_crop.jpg/50px-%28253%29_mathilde_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/%28253%29_mathilde_crop.jpg/75px-%28253%29_mathilde_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/%28253%29_mathilde_crop.jpg/100px-%28253%29_mathilde_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="284" data-file-height="224" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="053.33 !">66 × 48 × 46</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(58 km)</span> </td> <td align="center">1885 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR Shoemaker</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1997 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7003121200000000000♠">1,212</span> </td> <td align="right">49.5 </td> <td>Flyby; largest asteroid visited by a spacecraft at the time. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000433 !"><a href="/wiki/433_Eros" title="433 Eros">433 Eros</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a 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<td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0.0" style="display:none;"></span><i>landed</i> </td> <td>1998 flyby; 2000 orbited (first asteroid studied from orbit); 2001 landing; first asteroid <a href="/wiki/Lander_(spacecraft)" title="Lander (spacecraft)">landing</a>, first asteroid orbited by a spacecraft, first <a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_asteroid" class="mw-redirect" title="Near-Earth asteroid">near-Earth asteroid</a> (NEA) visited by a spacecraft. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="009969 !"><a href="/wiki/9969_Braille" title="9969 Braille">9969 Braille</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA01345_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/PIA01345_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-PIA01345_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/PIA01345_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-PIA01345_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/PIA01345_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-PIA01345_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="243" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="001.4 !">2.2 × 0.6</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1.6 km)</span> </td> <td align="center">1992 </td> <td><i><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_1" title="Deep Space 1">Deep Space 1</a></span></i> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td align="right">26 </td> <td align="right">12.7 </td> <td>Flyby; followed by flyby of <a href="/wiki/19P/Borrelly" title="19P/Borrelly">Comet Borrelly</a>; failed to image it during closest approach, only taking images 14,000 km from the asteroid. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="005535 !"><a href="/wiki/5535_Annefrank" title="5535 Annefrank">5535 Annefrank</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stardust_-_Annefrank.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Stardust_-_Annefrank.jpg/50px-Stardust_-_Annefrank.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Stardust_-_Annefrank.jpg/75px-Stardust_-_Annefrank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Stardust_-_Annefrank.jpg/100px-Stardust_-_Annefrank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="455" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="004 !">4.0</span> </td> <td align="center">1942 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft)" title="Stardust (spacecraft)">Stardust</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2002 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7003307900000000000♠">3,079</span> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7003123000000000000♠">1,230</span> </td> <td>Flyby </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="025143 !"><a href="/wiki/25143_Itokawa" title="25143 Itokawa">25143 Itokawa</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Itokawa06_hayabusa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Itokawa06_hayabusa.jpg/50px-Itokawa06_hayabusa.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Itokawa06_hayabusa.jpg/75px-Itokawa06_hayabusa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Itokawa06_hayabusa.jpg/100px-Itokawa06_hayabusa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="477" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.333 !">0.5 × 0.3 × 0.2</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(350 meters)</span> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa" title="Hayabusa">Hayabusa</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2005 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0.0" style="display:none;"></span><i>landed</i> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0.0" style="display:none;"></span><i>landed</i> </td> <td>Landed; returned dust samples to Earth in 2010 - first <a href="/wiki/Sample_return_mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Sample return mission">sample return mission</a> from asteroid; smallest asteroid visited by a spacecraft, first asteroid visited by a non-NASA spacecraft. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="002867 !"><a href="/wiki/2867_%C5%A0teins" title="2867 Šteins">2867 Šteins</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2867_%C5%A0teins_by_Rosetta_(reprocessed).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2867_%C5%A0teins_by_Rosetta_%28reprocessed%29.png/50px-2867_%C5%A0teins_by_Rosetta_%28reprocessed%29.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2867_%C5%A0teins_by_Rosetta_%28reprocessed%29.png/75px-2867_%C5%A0teins_by_Rosetta_%28reprocessed%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2867_%C5%A0teins_by_Rosetta_%28reprocessed%29.png/100px-2867_%C5%A0teins_by_Rosetta_%28reprocessed%29.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="004.6 !">4.6</span> </td> <td align="center">1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosetta space probe">Rosetta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2008 </td> <td align="right">800 </td> <td align="right">302 </td> <td>Flyby; first asteroid visited by the <a href="/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">ESA</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000021 !"><a href="/wiki/21_Lutetia" title="21 Lutetia">21 Lutetia</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rosetta_triumphs_at_asteroid_Lutetia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Rosetta_triumphs_at_asteroid_Lutetia.jpg/50px-Rosetta_triumphs_at_asteroid_Lutetia.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Rosetta_triumphs_at_asteroid_Lutetia.jpg/75px-Rosetta_triumphs_at_asteroid_Lutetia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Rosetta_triumphs_at_asteroid_Lutetia.jpg/100px-Rosetta_triumphs_at_asteroid_Lutetia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2103" data-file-height="2078" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="100 !">120 × 100 × 75</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(100 km)</span> </td> <td align="center">1852 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosetta space probe">Rosetta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2010 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7003316200000000000♠">3,162</span> </td> <td align="right">64.9 </td> <td>Flyby on 10 July 2010; largest asteroid visited by a spacecraft at the time. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000004 !"><a href="/wiki/4_Vesta" title="4 Vesta">4 Vesta</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vesta_full_mosaic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Vesta_full_mosaic.jpg/50px-Vesta_full_mosaic.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="43" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Vesta_full_mosaic.jpg/75px-Vesta_full_mosaic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Vesta_full_mosaic.jpg/100px-Vesta_full_mosaic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="767" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">525.4 </td> <td align="center">1807 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Dawn Mission">Dawn</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2011–2012 </td> <td align="right">200 <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height: 80%; font-size: 0.8em;"><i>approx.</i></div> </td> <td align="right">0.76 </td> <td>Space probe broke orbit on 5 September 2012 and headed to Ceres; first "<a href="/wiki/List_of_exceptional_asteroids#Largest_by_mass" title="List of exceptional asteroids">big four</a>" asteroid visited by a spacecraft, largest asteroid visited by a spacecraft at the time. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="004179 !"><a href="/wiki/4179_Toutatis" title="4179 Toutatis">4179 Toutatis</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asteroid_4179_Toutatis_close-up.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Asteroid_4179_Toutatis_close-up.jpg/50px-Asteroid_4179_Toutatis_close-up.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Asteroid_4179_Toutatis_close-up.jpg/75px-Asteroid_4179_Toutatis_close-up.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Asteroid_4179_Toutatis_close-up.jpg/100px-Asteroid_4179_Toutatis_close-up.jpg 2x" data-file-width="715" data-file-height="715" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="002.45 !">2.45</span> </td> <td align="center">1934 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_2" title="Chang'e 2">Chang'e 2</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2012 </td> <td align="right">3.2 </td> <td align="right">0.70 </td> <td>Flyby;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> closest asteroid flyby, first asteroid visited by a Chinese probe. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000001 !"><a href="/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)" title="Ceres (dwarf planet)">1 Ceres</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ceres_-_RC3_-_Haulani_Crater_(22381131691)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ceres_-_RC3_-_Haulani_Crater_%2822381131691%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Ceres_-_RC3_-_Haulani_Crater_%2822381131691%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ceres_-_RC3_-_Haulani_Crater_%2822381131691%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Ceres_-_RC3_-_Haulani_Crater_%2822381131691%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ceres_-_RC3_-_Haulani_Crater_%2822381131691%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Ceres_-_RC3_-_Haulani_Crater_%2822381131691%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="852" data-file-height="836" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center">939.4 </td> <td align="center">1801 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Dawn Mission">Dawn</a></i> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="2015.1 !">2015–2018</span> </td> <td align="right">35 </td> <td align="right">0.07 </td> <td>First "close up" picture of <a href="/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)" title="Ceres (dwarf planet)">Ceres</a> taken in December 2014; probe entered orbit in March 2015; first <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_planet" title="Dwarf planet">dwarf planet</a> visited by a spacecraft, largest asteroid visited by a spacecraft. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="134340 !"><a href="/wiki/Pluto" title="Pluto">134340 Pluto</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pluto_in_True_Color_-_High-Res.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Pluto_in_True_Color_-_High-Res.jpg/50px-Pluto_in_True_Color_-_High-Res.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Pluto_in_True_Color_-_High-Res.jpg/75px-Pluto_in_True_Color_-_High-Res.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Pluto_in_True_Color_-_High-Res.jpg/100px-Pluto_in_True_Color_-_High-Res.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="8000" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center">2376.6 </td> <td align="center">1930 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons" title="New Horizons">New Horizons</a></i> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="2015.2 !">2015</span> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7004125000000000000♠">12,500</span> </td> <td align="right">10.5 </td> <td>Flyby; first <a href="/wiki/Trans-Neptunian_object" title="Trans-Neptunian object">trans-Neptunian object</a> visited, most distant object visited by a spacecraft (at the time of the visit). </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="162173 !"><a href="/wiki/162173_Ryugu" title="162173 Ryugu">162173 Ryugu</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryugu_colored.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ryugu_colored.jpg/50px-Ryugu_colored.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ryugu_colored.jpg/75px-Ryugu_colored.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ryugu_colored.jpg/100px-Ryugu_colored.jpg 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="553" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.896 !">0.896</span> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2" title="Hayabusa2">Hayabusa2</a></i> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="2019.1 !">2018-2019</span> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0.0" style="display:none;"></span><i>landed</i> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0.0" style="display:none;"></span><i>landed</i> </td> <td>Rendezvoused with asteroid from June 2018 to November 2019. Successful touchdowns to collect a sample in February and July 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three landers and an explosive impactor successfully deployed to the surface.<sup id="cite_ref-MINERVA-II-1_Landings_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MINERVA-II-1_Landings-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Returned dust samples to Earth in December 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="101955 !"><a href="/wiki/101955_Bennu" title="101955 Bennu">101955 Bennu</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bennu_mosaic_OSIRIS-REx_(square).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bennu_mosaic_OSIRIS-REx_%28square%29.png/50px-Bennu_mosaic_OSIRIS-REx_%28square%29.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bennu_mosaic_OSIRIS-REx_%28square%29.png/75px-Bennu_mosaic_OSIRIS-REx_%28square%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bennu_mosaic_OSIRIS-REx_%28square%29.png/100px-Bennu_mosaic_OSIRIS-REx_%28square%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.490 !">0.490</span> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/OSIRIS-REx" title="OSIRIS-REx">OSIRIS-REx</a></i> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="2020.37 !">2018-2020</span> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0.0" style="display:none;"></span><i>landed</i> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0.0" style="display:none;"></span><i>landed</i> </td> <td>Arrived on 3 December 2018; entered lowest orbit on 12 June 2019; smallest object to be orbited by spacecraft and closest ever orbit;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> touchdown on 20 October 2020 to collect sample. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="486958 !"><a href="/wiki/486958_Arrokoth" title="486958 Arrokoth">486958 Arrokoth</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UltimaThule_CA06_color_vertical.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/UltimaThule_CA06_color_vertical.png/35px-UltimaThule_CA06_color_vertical.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/UltimaThule_CA06_color_vertical.png/52px-UltimaThule_CA06_color_vertical.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/UltimaThule_CA06_color_vertical.png/70px-UltimaThule_CA06_color_vertical.png 2x" data-file-width="1302" data-file-height="1860" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="019 !">36 × 18 × 10</span> </td> <td align="center">2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons" title="New Horizons">New Horizons</a></i> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="2019.01 !">2019</span> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7003350000000000000♠">3,500</span> </td> <td align="right">380 </td> <td>Flew by Arrokoth (nicknamed <i>Ultima Thule</i>) on 1 January 2019, currently farthest object to be visited by a spacecraft. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="065803 !"><a href="/wiki/65803_Didymos" title="65803 Didymos">65803 Didymos</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Didymos-Dimorphos_true_orientation.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Didymos-Dimorphos_true_orientation.png/50px-Didymos-Dimorphos_true_orientation.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Didymos-Dimorphos_true_orientation.png/75px-Didymos-Dimorphos_true_orientation.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Didymos-Dimorphos_true_orientation.png/100px-Didymos-Dimorphos_true_orientation.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="560" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.78 !">0.78</span> </td> <td align="center">1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test" title="Double Asteroid Redirection Test">DART</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/LICIACube" title="LICIACube">LICIACube</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2022 </td> <td align="right">1.19 </td> <td align="right">3.1 </td> <td>Asteroid of a near-Earth <a href="/wiki/Apollo_asteroid" title="Apollo asteroid">Apollo group</a>; a flyby target; its moon being the kinetic impact target to test <a href="/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance" title="Asteroid impact avoidance">asteroid deflection</a><sup id="cite_ref-Huffington_Post-2013.03.25_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huffington_Post-2013.03.25-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DARTblog1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DARTblog1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dimorphos" title="Dimorphos">Dimorphos</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">65803 Didymos I</span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stacked_image_of_Dimorphos_true_orientation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Stacked_image_of_Dimorphos_true_orientation.jpg/50px-Stacked_image_of_Dimorphos_true_orientation.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Stacked_image_of_Dimorphos_true_orientation.jpg/75px-Stacked_image_of_Dimorphos_true_orientation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Stacked_image_of_Dimorphos_true_orientation.jpg/100px-Stacked_image_of_Dimorphos_true_orientation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5792" data-file-height="5792" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.16 !">0.16</span> </td> <td align="center">2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test" title="Double Asteroid Redirection Test">DART</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/LICIACube" title="LICIACube">LICIACube</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2022 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0.0" style="display:none;"></span><i>landed</i> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="0.0" style="display:none;"></span><i>landed</i> </td> <td>Moon of a near-Earth asteroid of the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_asteroid" title="Apollo asteroid">Apollo group</a>; flyby target of one and kinetic impact target of another spacecraft to test <a href="/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance" title="Asteroid impact avoidance">asteroid deflection</a><sup id="cite_ref-Huffington_Post-2013.03.25_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huffington_Post-2013.03.25-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DARTblog1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DARTblog1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/152830_Dinkinesh" title="152830 Dinkinesh">152830 Dinkinesh</a> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png/50px-Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png/75px-Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png/100px-Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="996" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.79 !">0.79</span> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)" title="Lucy (spacecraft)">Lucy</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2023 </td> <td align="right">425 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7003110000000000000♠">1,100</span> </td> <td>Flyby; discovered <a href="/wiki/152830_Dinkinesh#Satellite" title="152830 Dinkinesh">Selam</a>; smallest main-belt asteroid to be visited by a spacecraft<sup id="cite_ref-NASA-20230125_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA-20230125-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NASA-20231102_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA-20231102-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 0.85em; text-align: left; padding: 6px 4px;"><b>Notes</b>: <dl><dd><sup>a</sup> A minor planet's dimensions may be described by x, y, and z axes instead of an (average) diameter due to its non-spherical, irregular shape.</dd> <dd><sup>b</sup> Closest approach given in multiples of the minor planet's mean radius<br /> <b>·</b>  List ordered in ascending order by a minor planet's first visit.</dd></dl> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incidental_flybys">Incidental flybys</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Incidental flybys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the above listed objects, three asteroids have been imaged by spacecraft at distances too large to resolve features (over 100,000 km). </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background-color: #ccffcc;"><a href="/wiki/Minor_planet" title="Minor planet">Minor planet</a> </th> <th colspan="5" style="background-color: #FFFF99;"><a href="/wiki/Space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Space probe">Space probe</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E5FFE5;" width="100">Name </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E5FFE5;" class="unsortable">Image </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E5FFE5; font-weight: normal;" data-sort-type="number"><b>Dimensions<br />(km)</b><sup>(a)</sup> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #E5FFE5;">Discovery<br />year </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Name </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffffcc;" data-sort-type="number">Closest approach </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #ffffcc;" class="unsortable">Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <th width="60" style="background-color: #ffffcc;" data-sort-type="number">year </th> <th width="60" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">in <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">km</a> </th> <th width="60" style="background-color: #ffffcc; font-weight: normal;"><b>in radii</b><sup>(b)</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="2685 !"><a href="/wiki/2685_Masursky" title="2685 Masursky">2685 Masursky</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Asteroid_2685Masurky.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Asteroid_2685Masurky.png/50px-Asteroid_2685Masurky.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Asteroid_2685Masurky.png/75px-Asteroid_2685Masurky.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Asteroid_2685Masurky.png/100px-Asteroid_2685Masurky.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="220" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="10.7 !">10.7</span> </td> <td align="center">1981 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens">Cassini–Huygens</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2000 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7006160000000000000♠">1,600,000</span> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7005297840000000000♠">297,840</span> </td> <td>Distant incidental flyby. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="132524 !"><a href="/wiki/132524_APL" title="132524 APL">132524 APL</a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:132524_APL_New_Horizons.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/132524_APL_New_Horizons.jpg/50px-132524_APL_New_Horizons.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/132524_APL_New_Horizons.jpg/75px-132524_APL_New_Horizons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/132524_APL_New_Horizons.jpg/100px-132524_APL_New_Horizons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="179" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !">2.5</span> </td> <td align="center">2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons" title="New Horizons">New Horizons</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2006 </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7005101867000000000♠">101,867</span> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7004814930000000000♠">81,493</span> </td> <td>Distant incidental flyby. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="0 !"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(668956)_2012_PM35" class="mw-redirect" title="(668956) 2012 PM35">(668956) 2012 PM<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">35</span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !">0.9-2.5</span> </td> <td align="center">2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Dawn Mission">Dawn</a></i> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="2017.09 !">2017</span> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7005200000000000000♠">200,000</span> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7005130000000000000♠">130,000</span> </td> <td>Distant incidental flyby; approached Ceres to 200,000 km in September 2017 while Dawn was in orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_comets_visited_by_spacecraft">List of comets visited by spacecraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of comets visited by spacecraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background-color:#D4E2FC;"><a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">Comet</a> </th> <th colspan="5" style="background-color:#FFFF99;"><a href="/wiki/Space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Space probe">Space probe</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#edf3fe;" width="110">Name </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#edf3fe;" class="unsortable">Image </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#edf3fe; font-weight: normal;"><b> Dimensions<br />(km)</b><sup>(a)</sup> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#edf3fe;" width="70">Discovery<br />year </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffcc;">Name </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffcc;">Closest approach </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffcc;" class="unsortable">Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <th width="60" style="background-color:#ffffcc;">year </th> <th width="60" style="background-color:#ffffcc;">in <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">km</a> </th> <th width="60" style="background-color:#ffffcc; font-weight: normal;"><b>in radii</b><sup>(b)</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/21P/Giacobini%E2%80%93Zinner" title="21P/Giacobini–Zinner">21P/Giacobini–Zinner</a> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_21P_Giacobini-Zinner_September_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Comet_21P_Giacobini-Zinner_September_2018.jpg/50px-Comet_21P_Giacobini-Zinner_September_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Comet_21P_Giacobini-Zinner_September_2018.jpg/75px-Comet_21P_Giacobini-Zinner_September_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Comet_21P_Giacobini-Zinner_September_2018.jpg/100px-Comet_21P_Giacobini-Zinner_September_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4764" data-file-height="3352" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">1900 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/International_Cometary_Explorer" title="International Cometary Explorer">ICE</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1985 </td> <td align="right">7,800 </td> <td align="right">7,800 </td> <td>First flyby of a comet </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/1P/Halley" class="mw-redirect" title="1P/Halley">1P/Halley</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_Halley_close_up-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Comet_Halley_close_up-cropped.jpg/50px-Comet_Halley_close_up-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Comet_Halley_close_up-cropped.jpg/75px-Comet_Halley_close_up-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Comet_Halley_close_up-cropped.jpg/100px-Comet_Halley_close_up-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="982" data-file-height="982" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="6" align="center">15×9 </td> <td rowspan="6" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Known<br />since<br />1759<br /><br /> (Precovered to <span class="nowrap">240 <a href="/wiki/BCE" class="mw-redirect" title="BCE">BCE</a>)</span> </span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Vega_1" title="Vega 1">Vega 1</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1986 </td> <td align="right">8,889 </td> <td align="right">1,620 </td> <td>flyby </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Vega_2" title="Vega 2">Vega 2</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1986 </td> <td align="right">8,030 </td> <td align="right">1,460 </td> <td>flyby </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc;"> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Suisei_(probe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Suisei (probe)">Suisei</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1986 </td> <td align="right">151,000 </td> <td align="right">27,450 </td> <td>distant flyby </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc;"> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sakigake" title="Sakigake">Sakigake</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1986 </td> <td align="right">6,990,000 </td> <td align="right">1,270,747 </td> <td>distant flyby </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Giotto_(spacecraft)" title="Giotto (spacecraft)">Giotto</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1986 </td> <td align="right">596 </td> <td align="right">108 </td> <td>flyby; first direct images of a <a href="/wiki/Comet_nucleus" title="Comet nucleus">comet nucleus</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc;"> <td><a href="/wiki/International_Cometary_Explorer" title="International Cometary Explorer"><i>ICE</i></a> </td> <td align="center">1986 </td> <td align="right">31,000,000 </td> <td align="right">5,647,000 </td> <td>distant flyby </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/26P/Grigg%E2%80%93Skjellerup" title="26P/Grigg–Skjellerup">26P/Grigg–Skjellerup</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#606060"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grigg-Skjellerup_Eso9209a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Grigg-Skjellerup_Eso9209a.jpg/50px-Grigg-Skjellerup_Eso9209a.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Grigg-Skjellerup_Eso9209a.jpg/75px-Grigg-Skjellerup_Eso9209a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Grigg-Skjellerup_Eso9209a.jpg/100px-Grigg-Skjellerup_Eso9209a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1616" data-file-height="1141" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center">2.6 </td> <td align="center">1902 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Giotto_(spacecraft)" title="Giotto (spacecraft)">Giotto</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1992 </td> <td align="right">200 </td> <td align="right">154 </td> <td>flyby </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/19P/Borrelly" title="19P/Borrelly">19P/Borrelly</a> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_Borrelly_Nucleus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Comet_Borrelly_Nucleus.jpg/50px-Comet_Borrelly_Nucleus.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Comet_Borrelly_Nucleus.jpg/75px-Comet_Borrelly_Nucleus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Comet_Borrelly_Nucleus.jpg/100px-Comet_Borrelly_Nucleus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center">8×4×4 </td> <td align="center">1904 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_1" title="Deep Space 1">Deep Space 1</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td align="right">2,171 </td> <td align="right">814 </td> <td>flyby; closest approach in September 2001 when probe entered the <a href="/wiki/Coma_(cometary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coma (cometary)">comet's coma</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/81P/Wild" title="81P/Wild">81P/Wild</a> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wild2_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Wild2_3.jpg/50px-Wild2_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Wild2_3.jpg/75px-Wild2_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Wild2_3.jpg/100px-Wild2_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1404" data-file-height="1404" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center">5.5×4.0×3.3 </td> <td align="center">1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft)" title="Stardust (spacecraft)">Stardust</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2004 </td> <td align="right">240 </td> <td align="right">113 </td> <td>flyby; first <a href="/wiki/Sample_return_mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Sample return mission">sample return mission</a> from comet to Earth (2006) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/9P/Tempel" class="mw-redirect" title="9P/Tempel">9P/Tempel</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA02142_Tempel_1_bottom_sharped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/PIA02142_Tempel_1_bottom_sharped.jpg/50px-PIA02142_Tempel_1_bottom_sharped.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/PIA02142_Tempel_1_bottom_sharped.jpg/75px-PIA02142_Tempel_1_bottom_sharped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/PIA02142_Tempel_1_bottom_sharped.jpg/100px-PIA02142_Tempel_1_bottom_sharped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="3" align="center">7.6×4.9 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="center">1867 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)" title="Deep Impact (spacecraft)">Deep Impact</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2005 </td> <td align="right">500 </td> <td align="right">80 </td> <td>flyby; delivered an impactor </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> <td><i>Deep Impact</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)#Spacecraft_design_and_instrumentation" title="Deep Impact (spacecraft)">impactor vehicle</a> </td> <td align="center">2005 </td> <td align="right"><i>landed</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>landed</i> </td> <td>first <a href="/wiki/Lander_(spacecraft)" title="Lander (spacecraft)">landing</a> on a comet (blasted a crater) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft)" title="Stardust (spacecraft)">Stardust</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2011 </td> <td align="right">181 </td> <td align="right">57.9 </td> <td>flyby; imaged the crater created by <i>Deep Impact</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/103P/Hartley" title="103P/Hartley">103P/Hartley</a> </td> <td bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_Hartley_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Comet_Hartley_2.jpg/50px-Comet_Hartley_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Comet_Hartley_2.jpg/75px-Comet_Hartley_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Comet_Hartley_2.jpg/100px-Comet_Hartley_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1683" data-file-height="1171" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td align="center">1.4 </td> <td align="center">1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/EPOXI" title="EPOXI">EPOXI</a></i><br />(<i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)" title="Deep Impact (spacecraft)">Deep Impact</a></i>) </td> <td align="center">2010 </td> <td align="right">700 </td> <td align="right">1,000 </td> <td>flyby; smallest comet visited </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko" title="67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko">67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="black"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_67P_on_19_September_2014_NavCam_mosaic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Comet_67P_on_19_September_2014_NavCam_mosaic.jpg/50px-Comet_67P_on_19_September_2014_NavCam_mosaic.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Comet_67P_on_19_September_2014_NavCam_mosaic.jpg/75px-Comet_67P_on_19_September_2014_NavCam_mosaic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Comet_67P_on_19_September_2014_NavCam_mosaic.jpg/100px-Comet_67P_on_19_September_2014_NavCam_mosaic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4400" data-file-height="3500" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">4.1×3.3×1.8 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)" title="Rosetta (spacecraft)">Rosetta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2016 </td> <td align="right"><i>landed</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>landed</i> </td> <td>first orbiter of comet (November 2014); impacted surface as of 2016; <a href="/wiki/Optical,_Spectroscopic,_and_Infrared_Remote_Imaging_System" title="Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System">OSIRIS</a> captured image with 11 cm/px-resolution in Spring 2015<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Philae_(spacecraft)" title="Philae (spacecraft)">Philae</a></i><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Rosetta'</i>s lander)</span></span> </td> <td align="center">2014 </td> <td align="right"><i>landed</i> </td> <td align="right"><i>landed</i> </td> <td>first <a href="/wiki/Soft_landing_(rocketry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soft landing (rocketry)">soft landing</a> on a comet (November 2014) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 0.85em; text-align: left; padding: 6px 4px;"><b>Notes</b>: <dl><dd><sup>(a)</sup>Due to a non-spherical, irregular shape, a comet's <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">x</span>, <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">y</span>, and <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">z</span> axes instead of an (average) diameter are often used to describe its dimensions.</dd> <dd><sup>(b)</sup>Closest approach given in multiples of the comet's (average mean) radius<br /> <b>·</b>  List ordered in ascending order by a comet's first visit.</dd></dl> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incidental_flybys_2">Incidental flybys</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Incidental flybys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background-color:#D4E2FC;"><a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">Comet</a> </th> <th colspan="5" style="background-color:#FFFF99;"><a href="/wiki/Space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Space probe">Space probe</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#edf3fe;" width="110">Name </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#edf3fe;" class="unsortable">Image </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#edf3fe; font-weight: normal;"><b> Dimensions<br />(km)</b><sup>(a)</sup> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#edf3fe;" width="70">Discovery<br />year </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffcc;">Name </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffcc;">Closest approach </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffcc;" class="unsortable">Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <th width="60" style="background-color:#ffffcc;">year </th> <th width="60" style="background-color:#ffffcc;">in <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">km</a> </th> <th width="60" style="background-color:#ffffcc; font-weight: normal;"><b>in radii</b><sup>(b)</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/D/1895_Q1_(Swift)" title="D/1895 Q1 (Swift)">D/1895 Q1 (Swift)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="black"> </td> <td align="center">unknown </td> <td align="center">1895 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mariner_4" title="Mariner 4">Mariner 4</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1967 </td> <td align="right">20,000,000 </td> <td align="right">unknown </td> <td>Unconfirmed. Reanalysis of the probe's trajectory in 2005 speculated the probe might've approached the comet's shattered nucleus, explaining the "meteor storm" it encountered<sup id="cite_ref-Phillips1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phillips1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Phillips2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phillips2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spacecraft_visited_by_comets">Spacecraft visited by comets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Spacecraft visited by comets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Comet <a href="/wiki/C/2013_A1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2013 A1">C/2013 A1</a> passed close by planet <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a> in October 2014, closer than the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a> is to Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-jpl-close_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpl-close-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of early 2014 it was calculated to pass as close as 0.00087 AU (130,000 km; 81,000 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-jpl-close_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpl-close-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was so close that the event was deemed dangerous to spacecraft in orbit around Mars.<sup id="cite_ref-NS-20131206_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS-20131206-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spacecraft that were active at that time included <i><a href="/wiki/2001_Mars_Odyssey" title="2001 Mars Odyssey">2001 Mars Odyssey</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mars_Express" title="Mars Express">Mars Express</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/MAVEN" title="MAVEN">MAVEN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission" title="Mars Orbiter Mission">Mars Orbiter Mission</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" title="Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter</a></i> in Mars orbit – and two on the surface – <a href="/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover" title="Mars Exploration Rover">Mars Exploration Rover</a><i> <a href="/wiki/Opportunity_rover" class="mw-redirect" title="Opportunity rover">Opportunity</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/Mars_Curiosity" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars Curiosity">Mars Science Laboratory</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Curiosity_rover" class="mw-redirect" title="Curiosity rover">Curiosity</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_visits">Future visits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Future visits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Planned">Planned</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Planned"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid silver;background-color:#9EFF9E; color:black;"> </span> Enroute</span><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid silver;background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> In development</span><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="150">Name</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Diameter" title="Diameter">Diameter</a><sup>(a)</sup><br />(km)</th> <th>Year of<br />discovery</th> <th width="110">Spacecraft</th> <th width="80">Year of<br />visit</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/16_Psyche" title="16 Psyche">16 Psyche</a></td> <td align="center">186</td> <td align="center">1852</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Psyche_(spacecraft)" title="Psyche (spacecraft)">Psyche</a></i></td> <td align="center">2029</td> <td>Large <a href="/wiki/M-type_asteroid" title="M-type asteroid">metallic</a> <a href="/wiki/Main-belt" class="mw-redirect" title="Main-belt">main-belt</a> asteroid<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-20170106_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-20170106-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/617_Patroclus" title="617 Patroclus">617 Patroclus</a>-Menoetius</td> <td align="center">141</td> <td align="center">1906</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)" title="Lucy (spacecraft)">Lucy</a></i></td> <td align="center">2033</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Binary_asteroid" title="Binary asteroid">Binary</a> Jupiter trojan, <a href="/wiki/Trojan_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Trojan camp">Trojan camp</a>, 5th-largest Jupiter trojan<sup id="cite_ref-Levison-2017_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Levison-2017-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/3200_Phaethon" title="3200 Phaethon">3200 Phaethon</a></td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">1983</td> <td><a href="/wiki/DESTINY%2B" title="DESTINY+">DESTINY<sup>+</sup></a></td> <td align="center">2030</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Active_asteroid" title="Active asteroid">Active</a> near-Earth asteroid and parent body of <a href="/wiki/Geminids" title="Geminids">Geminids</a> meteor shower<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/3548_Eurybates" title="3548 Eurybates">3548 Eurybates</a></td> <td align="center">72</td> <td align="center">1973</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)" title="Lucy (spacecraft)">Lucy</a></i></td> <td align="center">2027</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_trojan" title="Jupiter trojan">Jupiter trojan</a> with <a href="/wiki/Minor-planet_moon" title="Minor-planet moon">satellite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek camp">Greek camp</a><sup id="cite_ref-Levison-2017_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Levison-2017-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/11351_Leucus" title="11351 Leucus">11351 Leucus</a></td> <td align="center">42</td> <td align="center">1997</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)" title="Lucy (spacecraft)">Lucy</a></i></td> <td align="center">2028</td> <td>Jupiter trojan, Greek camp, a <a href="/wiki/List_of_slow_rotators_(minor_planets)" title="List of slow rotators (minor planets)">slow rotator</a><sup id="cite_ref-Levison-2017_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Levison-2017-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/15094_Polymele" title="15094 Polymele">15094 Polymele</a></td> <td align="center">21</td> <td align="center">1999</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)" title="Lucy (spacecraft)">Lucy</a></i></td> <td align="center">2027</td> <td>Jupiter trojan with satellite, Greek camp<sup id="cite_ref-Levison-2017_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Levison-2017-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/21900_Orus" title="21900 Orus">21900 Orus</a></td> <td align="center">53</td> <td align="center">1999</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)" title="Lucy (spacecraft)">Lucy</a></i></td> <td align="center">2028</td> <td>Jupiter trojan, Greek camp<sup id="cite_ref-Levison-2017_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Levison-2017-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/52246_Donaldjohanson" title="52246 Donaldjohanson">52246 Donaldjohanson</a></td> <td align="center">3.9</td> <td align="center">1981</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)" title="Lucy (spacecraft)">Lucy</a></i></td> <td align="center">2025</td> <td>Main-belt asteroid and member of the <a href="/wiki/Erigone_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Erigone family">Erigone family</a><sup id="cite_ref-donaldjohanson_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donaldjohanson-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/65803_Didymos" title="65803 Didymos">65803 Didymos</a></td> <td align="center">0.8</td> <td align="center">1996</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hera_(spacecraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hera (spacecraft)">Hera</a></i></td> <td align="center">2026</td> <td>Probe will study the results obtained by the NASA's DART impactor 4 years after its mission.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hera_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hera-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/Dimorphos" title="Dimorphos">Dimorphos</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">65803 Didymos I</span></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.16 !">0.16</span> </td> <td align="center">2003</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hera_(spacecraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hera (spacecraft)">Hera</a></i></td> <td align="center">2026</td> <td>Probe will study the results obtained by the NASA's DART impactor 4 years after its mission.<sup id="cite_ref-hera_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hera-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/98943_Torifune" title="98943 Torifune">98943 Torifune</a></td> <td align="center">0.5</td> <td align="center">2001</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2#Mission_extension_(Hayabusa2♯)" title="Hayabusa2">Hayabusa2#</a></i></td> <td align="center">2026</td> <td>Near-Earth asteroid of the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_asteroid" title="Apollo asteroid">Apollo group</a>; extended mission target<sup id="cite_ref-Gough2020_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gough2020-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><a href="/wiki/99942_Apophis" title="99942 Apophis">99942 Apophis</a></td> <td align="center">0.370</td> <td align="center">2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/OSIRIS-APEX" class="mw-redirect" title="OSIRIS-APEX">OSIRIS-APEX</a></td> <td align="center">2029</td> <td>Extended mission after sample delivery<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/10253_Westerwald" class="mw-redirect" title="10253 Westerwald">10253 Westerwald</a></td> <td align="center">2.3</td> <td align="center">1973</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MBR_Explorer" title="MBR Explorer">MBR Explorer</a></td> <td align="center">2030</td> <td>Flyby<sup id="cite_ref-emirates_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emirates-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/623_Chimaera" title="623 Chimaera">623 Chimaera</a></td> <td align="center">22</td> <td align="center">1907</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MBR_Explorer" title="MBR Explorer">MBR Explorer</a></td> <td align="center">2030</td> <td>Flyby<sup id="cite_ref-emirates_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emirates-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/13294_Rockox" class="mw-redirect" title="13294 Rockox">13294 Rockox</a></td> <td align="center">5.2</td> <td align="center">1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MBR_Explorer" title="MBR Explorer">MBR Explorer</a></td> <td align="center">2031</td> <td>Flyby<sup id="cite_ref-emirates_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emirates-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_88001%E2%80%9389000#055" title="List of minor planets: 88001–89000">(88055) 2000 VA<sub>28</sub></a></td> <td align="center">5.4</td> <td align="center">2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MBR_Explorer" title="MBR Explorer">MBR Explorer</a></td> <td align="center">2032</td> <td>Flyby<sup id="cite_ref-emirates_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emirates-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_23001%E2%80%9324000#871" title="List of minor planets: 23001–24000">(23871) 1998 RC<sub>76</sub></a></td> <td align="center">6.7</td> <td align="center">1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MBR_Explorer" title="MBR Explorer">MBR Explorer</a></td> <td align="center">2032</td> <td>Flyby<sup id="cite_ref-emirates_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emirates-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_59001%E2%80%9360000#980" title="List of minor planets: 59001–60000">(59980) 1999 SG<sub>6</sub></a></td> <td align="center">8.0</td> <td align="center">1999</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MBR_Explorer" title="MBR Explorer">MBR Explorer</a></td> <td align="center">2033</td> <td>Flyby<sup id="cite_ref-emirates_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emirates-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/269_Justitia" title="269 Justitia">269 Justitia</a></td> <td align="center">53.62</td> <td align="center">1887</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MBR_Explorer" title="MBR Explorer">MBR Explorer</a></td> <td align="center">2034</td> <td>Orbit and Landing<sup id="cite_ref-emirates_26-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emirates-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/469219_Kamo%CA%BBoalewa" title="469219 Kamoʻoalewa">469219 Kamoʻoalewa</a></td> <td align="center">0.041</td> <td align="center">2016</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tianwen-2" title="Tianwen-2">Tianwen-2</a></i></td> <td align="center">2026</td> <td>Co-orbital near-Earth asteroid; sample return target<sup id="cite_ref-S&T-20250105_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-S&T-20250105-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9EFF9E"> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_KY26" title="1998 KY26">1998 KY<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">26</span></span></a></span></td> <td align="center">0.030</td> <td align="center">1998</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2#Mission_extension_(Hayabusa2♯)" title="Hayabusa2">Hayabusa2#</a></i></td> <td align="center">2031</td> <td>Near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo group; extended mission target<sup id="cite_ref-Gough2020_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gough2020-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_XF261" title="2015 XF261">2015 XF<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">261</span></span></a></span></td> <td align="center">0.03</td> <td align="center">2015</td> <td>Unnamed CNSA mission</td> <td align="center">2029</td> <td>Near-Earth asteroid of the Aten group, will be visited by an orbiter and impactor for an asteroid deflection test.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/311P/PanSTARRS" title="311P/PanSTARRS">311P/PanSTARRS</a></td> <td align="center">0.48</td> <td align="center">2013</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tianwen-2" title="Tianwen-2">Tianwen-2</a></i></td> <td align="center">2034</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Active_asteroid" title="Active asteroid">Active</a> <a href="/wiki/Main-belt_asteroid" class="mw-redirect" title="Main-belt asteroid">main-belt asteroid</a><sup id="cite_ref-S&T-20250105_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-S&T-20250105-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_OB5" title="2022 OB5">2022 OB<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">5</span></span></a></span></td> <td align="center">0.004–0.010<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="center">2022</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/AstroForge#Odin_(Brokkr-2)" title="AstroForge">Odin</a></i></td> <td align="center">2025</td> <td><a href="/wiki/M-type_asteroid" title="M-type asteroid">M-type</a> <a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_object" title="Near-Earth object">near-Earth</a> asteroid<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="7" style="font-size: smaller; background-color: #f2f2f2; padding: 5px 0;"> <dl><dd><sup><b>(a)</b></sup> given diameters are estimates</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposals">Proposals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following table lists minor planets that are proposed to be visited by spacecraft missions that have not yet been approved. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Diameter" title="Diameter">Diameter</a><br />(km) </th> <th>Year of discovery </th> <th>Spacecraft </th> <th>Proposed dates </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/50000_Quaoar" class="mw-redirect" title="50000 Quaoar">50000 Quaoar</a></td> <td>1086</td> <td>2002</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Interstellar_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstellar Express">Interstellar Express</a></i></td> <td>Launch: 2024 <br />Flyby: 2030s</td> <td>A <i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_program" title="Voyager program">Voyager</a></i>-like mission proposed to be launched in 2024 by the CNSA. A pair of probes would flyby <a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a>, Quaoar, and one other KBO.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(153591)_2001_SN263" title="(153591) 2001 SN263">(153591) 2001 SN<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">263</span></span></a></span></td> <td>2.6</td> <td>2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/ASTER_(spacecraft)" title="ASTER (spacecraft)"><i>ASTER</i></a></td> <td>Launch: 2025<br />Flyby: 2027</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Space_Agency" title="Brazilian Space Agency">Brazilian Space Agency</a> mission to triple near-Earth asteroid system of the <a href="/wiki/Amor_asteroid" title="Amor asteroid">Amor group</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/99942_Apophis" title="99942 Apophis">99942 Apophis</a></td> <td>0.370</td> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramses_(spacecraft)" title="Ramses (spacecraft)">Ramses</a></td> <td>Launch: 2028<br />Flyby: 2029</td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">ESA</a> proposal<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Past_proposals">Past proposals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Past proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Failed_missions">Failed missions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Failed missions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Former targets for launched spacecraft. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Key </caption> <tbody><tr> <td width="15em" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"> </td> <th>spacecraft failure </th></tr> <tr> <td width="15em" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> </td> <th>mission planning decisions </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Diameter" title="Diameter">Diameter</a><br />(km) </th> <th>Date of discovery </th> <th>Spacecraft </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr style="background:#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/2P/Encke" class="mw-redirect" title="2P/Encke">2P/Encke</a> </td> <td align="center">4.8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001786-01-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 17, 1786</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/CONTOUR" title="CONTOUR">CONTOUR</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td>Spacecraft lost while leaving Earth orbit<sup id="cite_ref-CONTOUR_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CONTOUR-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/2P/Encke" class="mw-redirect" title="2P/Encke">2P/Encke</a> </td> <td align="center">4.8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001786-01-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 17, 1786</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td>Target changed before launch<sup id="cite_ref-NEAR-proposed_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEAR-proposed-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/4_Vesta" title="4 Vesta">4 Vesta</a> </td> <td align="center">525 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001807-03-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 29, 1807</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td>Target changed before launch<sup id="cite_ref-NEAR-proposed_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEAR-proposed-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/6P/d%27Arrest" title="6P/d'Arrest">6P/d'Arrest</a> </td> <td align="center">3.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001851-06-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 28, 1851</span> </td> <td><i>CONTOUR</i> </td> <td align="center">2008 </td> <td>Spacecraft lost while leaving Earth orbit<sup id="cite_ref-CONTOUR_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CONTOUR-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/7P/Pons%E2%80%93Winnecke" title="7P/Pons–Winnecke">7P/Pons–Winnecke</a> </td> <td align="center">5.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001819-06-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 12, 1819</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mariner_5" title="Mariner 5">Mariner 5</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1969 </td> <td>Target changed to <a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a> before launch<sup id="cite_ref-Ulivi57_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ulivi57-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/21P/Giacobini%E2%80%93Zinner" title="21P/Giacobini–Zinner">21P/Giacobini–Zinner</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001900-12-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 20, 1900</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Suisei_(spacecraft)" title="Suisei (spacecraft)">Suisei</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td>Extended mission, spacecraft ran out of fuel en route.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/29_Amphitrite" title="29 Amphitrite">29 Amphitrite</a> </td> <td align="center">204 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001854-03-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 1, 1854</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Galileo_project" title="Galileo project">Galileo</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1986 </td> <td>Target changed due to launch postponement<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_1989_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray_1989-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/46P/Wirtanen" title="46P/Wirtanen">46P/Wirtanen</a> </td> <td align="center">1.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001948-01-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 17, 1948</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)" title="Rosetta (spacecraft)">Rosetta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2011 </td> <td>Initial target, was changed due to delay.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/73P/Schwassmann%E2%80%93Wachmann" title="73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann">73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann</a> </td> <td align="center">1.1 (before breakup) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001930-05-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 2, 1930</span> </td> <td><i>CONTOUR</i> </td> <td align="center">2006 </td> <td>Spacecraft lost while leaving Earth orbit<sup id="cite_ref-CONTOUR_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CONTOUR-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/76P/West%E2%80%93Kohoutek%E2%80%93Ikemura" title="76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura">76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura</a> </td> <td align="center">0.66 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001975-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 1975</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_1" title="Deep Space 1">Deep Space 1</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2000 </td> <td>Target changed due to launch postponement<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/85D/Boethin" title="85D/Boethin">85D/Boethin</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001975-01-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 4, 1975</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/EPOXI" title="EPOXI">EPOXI</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)" title="Deep Impact (spacecraft)">Deep Impact</a></i>) </td> <td align="center">2007 </td> <td>Astronomers were unable to locate the comet, which is too faint to be observed.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Siwa, 140"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/140_Siwa" title="140 Siwa">140 Siwa</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">103 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001874-10-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 13, 1874</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosetta space probe">Rosetta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2007 </td> <td>Target changed due to launch postponement<sup id="cite_ref-Rosetta-retarget_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosetta-retarget-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Adeona, 145"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/145_Adeona" title="145 Adeona">145 Adeona</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">151 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001875-06-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 3, 1875</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dawn_(spacecraft)" title="Dawn (spacecraft)">Dawn</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2016 </td> <td>Abandoned target (not seriously considered)<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Rosa, 223"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/223_Rosa" title="223 Rosa">223 Rosa</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">82.7 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001882-03-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 9, 1882</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/JUICE_(spacecraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="JUICE (spacecraft)">JUICE</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2029 </td> <td>Secondary target; abandoned to conserve fuel for primary Jupiter orbiter mission.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosa_Tweet_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosa_Tweet-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Ganymed, 1036"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/1036_Ganymed" title="1036 Ganymed">1036 Ganymed</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">35 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001924-10-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 23, 1924</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td>Target changed before launch<sup id="cite_ref-NEAR-proposed_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEAR-proposed-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFCCCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Geographos, 1620"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/1620_Geographos" title="1620 Geographos">1620 Geographos</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">5.1×1.8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001951-09-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 14, 1951</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Clementine_mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Clementine mission">Clementine</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1995 </td> <td>Mission failed before retargeting </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="van Albada, 2019"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/2019_van_Albada" title="2019 van Albada">2019 van Albada</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">7.5-9.4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001935-09-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 28, 1935</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td>Target changed before launch<sup id="cite_ref-NEAR-proposed_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEAR-proposed-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Adonis, 2101"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/2101_Adonis" title="2101 Adonis">2101 Adonis</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">0.6 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001936-02-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 12, 1936</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Vega_2" title="Vega 2">Vega 2</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1987 </td> <td>Secondary target; insufficient fuel<sup id="cite_ref-Ulivi90_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ulivi90-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Shipka, 2530"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/2530_Shipka" class="mw-redirect" title="2530 Shipka">2530 Shipka</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">12.4<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001978-07-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 9, 1978</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosetta space probe">Rosetta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2007 </td> <td>Secondary target; changed for better trajectory<sup id="cite_ref-Rosetta-retarget_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosetta-retarget-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Rodari, 2703"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/2703_Rodari" class="mw-redirect" title="2703 Rodari">2703 Rodari</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">9<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-03-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 29, 1979</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosetta space probe">Rosetta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2007 </td> <td>Target in early mission planning,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (October 2018)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> but not chosen<sup id="cite_ref-Rosetta-retarget_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosetta-retarget-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="McAuliffe, 3352"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/3352_McAuliffe" title="3352 McAuliffe">3352 McAuliffe</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">2–5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-02-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 6, 1981</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_1" title="Deep Space 1">Deep Space 1</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td>Target changed due to launch postponement </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Mimistrobell, 3840"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/3840_Mimistrobell" class="mw-redirect" title="3840 Mimistrobell">3840 Mimistrobell</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">5.2<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001980-10-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 9, 1980</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosetta space probe">Rosetta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2007 </td> <td>Target changed<sup id="cite_ref-Rosetta-retarget_45-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosetta-retarget-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Wilson–Harrington, 4015"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/4015_Wilson%E2%80%93Harrington" title="4015 Wilson–Harrington">4015 Wilson–Harrington</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-11-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 19, 1949</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td>Target changed before launch<sup id="cite_ref-NEAR-proposed_37-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEAR-proposed-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Wilson–Harrington, 4015"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/4015_Wilson%E2%80%93Harrington" title="4015 Wilson–Harrington">4015 Wilson–Harrington</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-11-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 19, 1949</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_1" title="Deep Space 1">Deep Space 1</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td>Secondary target; abandoned due to instrument failure<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Nereus, 4660"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/4660_Nereus" title="4660 Nereus">4660 Nereus</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="1" style="display:none;"></span> ~1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001982-02-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 28, 1982</span> </td> <td><i>NEAR</i> </td> <td align="center">1997 </td> <td>Target changed before launch<sup id="cite_ref-NEAR-proposed_37-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEAR-proposed-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Nereus, 4660"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/4660_Nereus" title="4660 Nereus">4660 Nereus</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="1" style="display:none;"></span> ~1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001982-02-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 28, 1982</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa" title="Hayabusa">Hayabusa</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2002 </td> <td>Target changed due to launch postponement </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="Otawara, 4979"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/4979_Otawara" class="mw-redirect" title="4979 Otawara">4979 Otawara</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">5.5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-08-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2, 1949</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosetta space probe">Rosetta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2007 </td> <td>Target changed due to launch postponement<sup id="cite_ref-Rosetta-retarget_45-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosetta-retarget-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/(5604)_1992_FE" title="(5604) 1992 FE">(5604) 1992 FE</a> </td> <td align="center">0.6 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-03-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 26, 1992</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/OSIRIS-REx" title="OSIRIS-REx">OSIRIS-REx</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2018 </td> <td>Secondary target abandoned in 2010 during early mission planning<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/(10302)_1989_ML" title="(10302) 1989 ML">(10302) 1989 ML</a> </td> <td align="center">0.6 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001989-06-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 29, 1989</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa" title="Hayabusa">Hayabusa</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2002 </td> <td>Target changed due to launch postponement </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/(163249)_2002_GT" title="(163249) 2002 GT">(163249) 2002 GT</a> </td> <td align="center">0.35-0.5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-04-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">April 3, 2002</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/EPOXI" title="EPOXI">EPOXI</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)" title="Deep Impact (spacecraft)">Deep Impact</a></i>) </td> <td align="center">2020 </td> <td>Communications with spacecraft lost </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(172034)_2001_WR1" title="(172034) 2001 WR1">(172034) 2001 WR<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">1</span></span></a></span></td> <td align="center">0.66</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-11-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 17, 2001</span></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2" title="Hayabusa2">Hayabusa2</a></i></td> <td align="center">2023</td> <td>Target proposed for extended mission but not selected.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarli-2017_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarli-2017-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFCCCC"> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(185851)_2000_DP107" title="(185851) 2000 DP107">(185851) 2000 DP<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">107</span></span></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.8" style="display:none;"></span> ~0.8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-02-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 29, 2000</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/PROCYON" title="PROCYON">PROCYON</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2016 </td> <td>Ion engine failure in heliocentric orbit<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="VG, 1991"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/1991_VG" title="1991 VG">1991 VG</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">0.005-0.012 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-11-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 6, 1991</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_Asteroid_Scout" title="Near-Earth Asteroid Scout">NEA Scout</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2022 </td> <td>Target changed due to launch postponement<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="AV43, 2001"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/2001_AV43" title="2001 AV43">2001 AV43</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">0.03 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-01-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 5, 2001</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2" title="Hayabusa2">Hayabusa2</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2029 </td> <td>Target proposed but not selected<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFCCCC"> <td><span data-sort-value="GE, 2020"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_GE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020 GE (page does not exist)">2020 GE</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">0.018 </td> <td align="center">2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_Asteroid_Scout" title="Near-Earth Asteroid Scout">NEA Scout</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2023 </td> <td>Communications with spacecraft lost </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cancelled_or_not_developed_missions">Cancelled or not developed missions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cancelled or not developed missions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Diameter" title="Diameter">Diameter</a><br />(km) </th> <th>Date of discovery </th> <th>Spacecraft </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1_Ceres" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Ceres">1 Ceres</a> </td> <td align="center">939 </td> <td>January 1, 1801 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ceres_Polar_Lander" title="Ceres Polar Lander">Ceres Polar Lander</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1_Ceres" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Ceres">1 Ceres</a> </td> <td align="center">939 </td> <td>January 1, 1801 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Calathus_Mission" title="Calathus Mission">Calathus</a></i> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-acta_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acta-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2_Pallas" title="2 Pallas">2 Pallas</a> </td> <td align="center">512 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001802-03-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 28, 1802</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Athena_(spacecraft)" title="Athena (spacecraft)">Athena</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2024 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/4_Vesta" title="4 Vesta">4 Vesta</a> </td> <td align="center">525 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001807-03-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 29, 1807</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4_Vesta#Exploration" title="4 Vesta">AGORA</a> </td> <td align="center">1990-1994 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/4_Vesta" title="4 Vesta">4 Vesta</a> </td> <td align="center">525 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001807-03-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 29, 1807</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4_Vesta#Exploration" title="4 Vesta">MAOSEP</a> </td> <td align="center">1990s </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/4_Vesta" title="4 Vesta">4 Vesta</a> </td> <td align="center">525 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001807-03-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 29, 1807</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Vesta_(spacecraft)" title="Vesta (spacecraft)">Vesta</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1994 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/22P/Kopff" title="22P/Kopff">22P/Kopff</a> </td> <td align="center">3.0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001906-08-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 23, 1906</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comet_Rendezvous_Asteroid_Flyby" title="Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby">CRAF</a> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/29P/Schwassmann%E2%80%93Wachmann" title="29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann">29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann</a> </td> <td align="center">65 </td> <td>1927 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Centaurus_(spacecraft_mission)" title="Centaurus (spacecraft mission)">Centaurus</a></i> </td> <td align="center">Launch: 2026<br />Flyby: 2030s </td> <td>not selected<sup id="cite_ref-Singer19_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singer19-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/46P/Wirtanen" title="46P/Wirtanen">46P/Wirtanen</a> </td> <td align="center">1.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001948-01-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 17, 1948</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hopper" title="Comet Hopper">Comet Hopper</a> </td> <td align="center">2022 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/50_Virginia" title="50 Virginia">50 Virginia</a></td> <td>99.8</td> <td>1857</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MANTIS_(spacecraft)" title="MANTIS (spacecraft)">MANTIS</a></td> <td>Launch: 2020s <br />Flyby: 2020s</td> <td>A flyby proposal of 14 asteroids, the largest being 50 Virginia. </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko" title="67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko">67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko</a> </td> <td align="center">4.1×3.3×1.8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001969-09-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 20, 1969</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CAESAR_(spacecraft)" title="CAESAR (spacecraft)">CAESAR</a> </td> <td align="center">2024 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko" title="67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko">67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko</a></td> <td align="center">4.1×3.3×1.8</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001969-09-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 20, 1969</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comet_Nucleus_Dust_and_Organics_Return" title="Comet Nucleus Dust and Organics Return">CONDOR</a></td> <td align="center">2024</td> <td>Proposed comet sample-return mission.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/88P/Howell" title="88P/Howell">88P/Howell</a></td> <td align="center">4.4</td> <td>1981</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comet_Rendezvous,_Sample_Acquisition,_Investigation,_and_Return" title="Comet Rendezvous, Sample Acquisition, Investigation, and Return">CORSAIR</a></td> <td align="center">2024</td> <td>Proposed comet sample-return mission.<sup id="cite_ref-MS_2017_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MS_2017-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000433 !"><a href="/wiki/433_Eros" title="433 Eros">433 Eros</a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="016.84 !">34 × 11 × 11</span> </td> <td>1898 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Clementine_2" title="Clementine 2">Clementine 2</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1996 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span data-sort-value="Hamburga, 449"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/449_Hamburga" title="449 Hamburga">449 Hamburga</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">86 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001899-10-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 31, 1899</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comet_Rendezvous_Asteroid_Flyby" title="Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby">CRAF</a> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2060_Chiron" title="2060 Chiron">2060 Chiron</a></td> <td>271</td> <td>1977</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Centaurus_(spacecraft_mission)" title="Centaurus (spacecraft mission)">Centaurus</a></i></td> <td>Launch: 2026<br />Flyby: 2030s</td> <td>A flyby proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-Singer19_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singer19-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span data-sort-value="Wilson–Harrington, 4015"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/4015_Wilson%E2%80%93Harrington" title="4015 Wilson–Harrington">4015 Wilson–Harrington</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-11-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 19, 1949</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(spacecraft)" title="Marco Polo (spacecraft)">Marco Polo</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa_Mk2" title="Hayabusa Mk2">Hayabusa Mk2</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2022 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="004179 !"><a href="/wiki/4179_Toutatis" title="4179 Toutatis">4179 Toutatis</a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="002.45 !">2.45</span> </td> <td>1934 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Clementine_2" title="Clementine 2">Clementine 2</a></i> </td> <td align="center">1996 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span data-sort-value="Nereus, 4660"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/4660_Nereus" title="4660 Nereus">4660 Nereus</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="1" style="display:none;"></span> ~1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001982-02-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 28, 1982</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Near_Earth_Asteroid_Prospector" class="mw-redirect" title="Near Earth Asteroid Prospector">NEAP</a> </td> <td align="center">1997 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/7968_Elst%E2%80%93Pizarro" title="7968 Elst–Pizarro">7968 Elst–Pizarro</a> or <a href="/wiki/133P/Elst%E2%80%93Pizarro" class="mw-redirect" title="133P/Elst–Pizarro">133P/Elst–Pizarro</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="1" style="display:none;"></span> ~0.6 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-07-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 24, 1979</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Castalia_(spacecraft)" title="Castalia (spacecraft)">Castalia</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2028 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/10199_Chariklo" title="10199 Chariklo">10199 Chariklo</a></td> <td>260.35</td> <td>1997</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Camilla_(spacecraft)" title="Camilla (spacecraft)">Camilla</a></i></td> <td>Launch: 2026<br />Flyby: 2039</td> <td>A mission concept for a flyby and impactor.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/25143_Itokawa" title="25143 Itokawa">25143 Itokawa</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.333 !">0.5 × 0.3 × 0.2</span> </td> <td align="center">1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Redirect_Mission" title="Asteroid Redirect Mission">Asteroid Redirect Mission</a> </td> <td align="center">2021 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-AIM_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AIM-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/(35107)_1991_VH" title="(35107) 1991 VH">(35107) 1991 VH</a></td> <td align="center">1.04</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-11-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 9, 1991</span></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Janus_(spacecraft)" title="Janus (spacecraft)">Janus</a></i></td> <td align="center">2026</td> <td>Launch delayed, target not available<sup id="cite_ref-janus-targets_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janus-targets-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span data-sort-value="Lempo, 47171"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/47171_Lempo" title="47171 Lempo">47171 Lempo</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">0.272 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1, 1999</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons_2" title="New Horizons 2">New Horizons 2</a></i> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-CzyszBruno2009_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CzyszBruno2009-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(55637)_2002_UX25" title="(55637) 2002 UX25">(55637) 2002 UX<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">25</span></span></a></span> </td> <td align="center">~0.69 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-10-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 30, 2002</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons_2" title="New Horizons 2">New Horizons 2</a></i> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/(65679)_1989_UQ" class="mw-redirect" title="(65679) 1989 UQ">(65679) 1989 UQ</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(spacecraft)" title="Marco Polo (spacecraft)">Marco Polo</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2018-2020 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span data-sort-value="Borasisi, 66652"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/66652_Borasisi" title="66652 Borasisi">66652 Borasisi</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">~0.1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-09-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 8, 1999</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons_2" title="New Horizons 2">New Horizons 2</a></i> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/99942_Apophis" title="99942 Apophis">99942 Apophis</a> </td> <td align="center">0.37 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-06-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 19, 2004</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Don_Quijote_(spacecraft)" title="Don Quijote (spacecraft)">Don Quijote</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2015 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-donquijote_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donquijote-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/101955_Bennu" title="101955 Bennu">101955 Bennu</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.490 !">0.490</span> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Redirect_Mission" title="Asteroid Redirect Mission">Asteroid Redirect Mission</a> </td> <td align="center">2021 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-AIM_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AIM-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/101955_Bennu" title="101955 Bennu">101955 Bennu</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0.490 !">0.490</span> </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HAMMER_(spacecraft)" title="HAMMER (spacecraft)">HAMMER</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span data-sort-value="Pluto, 134340"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/134340_Pluto" class="mw-redirect" title="134340 Pluto">134340 Pluto</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center">2376 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001930-02-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 18, 1930</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pluto_Kuiper_Express" title="Pluto Kuiper Express">Pluto Kuiper Express</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2004 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/162173_Ryugu" title="162173 Ryugu">162173 Ryugu</a> </td> <td align="center">0.9 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-05-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 10, 1999</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(spacecraft)" title="Marco Polo (spacecraft)">Marco Polo</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2018-2020 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><a href="/wiki/162173_Ryugu" title="162173 Ryugu">162173 Ryugu</a> </td> <td align="center">0.9 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-05-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 10, 1999</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Redirect_Mission" title="Asteroid Redirect Mission">Asteroid Redirect Mission</a> </td> <td align="center">2021 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-nasa201507_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasa201507-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=(162998)_2001_SK162&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="(162998) 2001 SK162 (page does not exist)">(162998) 2001 SK<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">162</span></span></a></span> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(spacecraft)" title="Marco Polo (spacecraft)">Marco Polo</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2018-2020 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(175706)_1996_FG3" title="(175706) 1996 FG3">(175706) 1996 FG<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">3</span></span></a></span></td> <td align="center">1.69</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-03-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 24, 1996</span></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Janus_(spacecraft)" title="Janus (spacecraft)">Janus</a></i></td> <td align="center">2026</td> <td>Launch delayed, target not available<sup id="cite_ref-janus-targets_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janus-targets-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(175706)_1996_FG3" title="(175706) 1996 FG3">(175706) 1996 FG<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">3</span></span></a></span> </td> <td align="center">1.7 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-03-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 24, 1996</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(spacecraft)" title="Marco Polo (spacecraft)">Marco Polo</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2018-2020 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(341843)_2008_EV5" title="(341843) 2008 EV5">(341843) 2008 EV<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">5</span></span></a></span> </td> <td align="center">0.4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-03-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 4, 2008</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(spacecraft)" title="Marco Polo (spacecraft)">Marco Polo</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2018-2020 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(341843)_2008_EV5" title="(341843) 2008 EV5">(341843) 2008 EV<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">5</span></span></a></span> </td> <td align="center">0.4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-03-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 4, 2008</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Redirect_Mission" title="Asteroid Redirect Mission">Asteroid Redirect Mission</a> </td> <td align="center">2021 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-AIM_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AIM-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(612267)_2001_SG286" class="mw-redirect" title="(612267) 2001 SG286">(612267) 2001 SG<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">286</span></span></a></span> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(spacecraft)" title="Marco Polo (spacecraft)">Marco Polo</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2018-2020 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(612600)_2003_SM84" title="(612600) 2003 SM84">(612600) 2003 SM<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">84</span></span></a></span> </td> <td align="center">0.086-0.16 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-09-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 20, 2003</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Don_Quijote_(spacecraft)" title="Don Quijote (spacecraft)">Don Quijote</a></i> </td> <td align="center">2015 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-donquijote_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donquijote-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trojan_asteroids" class="mw-redirect" title="Trojan asteroids">Trojan asteroids</a></td> <td></td> <td>1906</td> <td><a href="/wiki/OKEANOS" title="OKEANOS">OKEANOS</a></td> <td>Launch: 2026</td> <td>Proposed multiple flyby mission to Jupiter's <a href="/wiki/Trojan_asteroids" class="mw-redirect" title="Trojan asteroids">Trojan asteroids</a> using <a href="/wiki/Solar_sail" title="Solar sail">solar sail</a> propulsion.<sup id="cite_ref-Iwata_2018_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iwata_2018-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Flybys</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens">Cassini–Huygens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_2" title="Chang'e 2">Chang'e 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clementine_(spacecraft)" title="Clementine (spacecraft)">Clementine</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONTOUR" title="CONTOUR">CONTOUR</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)" title="Deep Impact (spacecraft)">Deep Impact</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EPOXI" title="EPOXI">EPOXI</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_1" title="Deep Space 1">Deep Space 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galileo_project" title="Galileo project">Galileo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halley_Armada" title="Halley Armada">Halley Armada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Giotto_(spacecraft)" title="Giotto (spacecraft)">Giotto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakigake" title="Sakigake">Sakigake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suisei_(spacecraft)" title="Suisei (spacecraft)">Suisei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vega_1" title="Vega 1">Vega 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vega_2" title="Vega 2">Vega 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Cometary_Explorer" title="International Cometary Explorer">International Cometary Explorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LICIACube" title="LICIACube">LICIACube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_Asteroid_Scout" title="Near-Earth Asteroid Scout">NEA Scout</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR Shoemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_6,_7,_8,_and_9#Pioneer_7" title="Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9">Pioneer 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PROCYON" title="PROCYON">PROCYON</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)" title="Rosetta (spacecraft)">Rosetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft)" title="Stardust (spacecraft)">Stardust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_(spacecraft)" title="Ulysses (spacecraft)">Ulysses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Orbiters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_(spacecraft)" title="Dawn (spacecraft)">Dawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR Shoemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)" title="Rosetta (spacecraft)">Rosetta</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Rosetta_(spacecraft)" title="Timeline of Rosetta (spacecraft)">Timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Landers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa" title="Hayabusa">Hayabusa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MINERVA_(spacecraft)" title="MINERVA (spacecraft)">MINERVA</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2" title="Hayabusa2">Hayabusa2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2#MASCOT" title="Hayabusa2">MASCOT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2#MINERVA-II" title="Hayabusa2">Rover-1A / HIBOU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2#MINERVA-II" title="Hayabusa2">Rover-1B / OWL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2#MINERVA-II" title="Hayabusa2">Rover-2</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR Shoemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philae_(spacecraft)" title="Philae (spacecraft)">Philae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Impactors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)" title="Deep Impact (spacecraft)">Deep Impact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test" title="Double Asteroid Redirection Test">DART</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AIDA_(international_space_cooperation)" title="AIDA (international space cooperation)">AIDA</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sample return</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa" title="Hayabusa">Hayabusa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa2" title="Hayabusa2">Hayabusa2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft)" title="Stardust (spacecraft)">Stardust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OSIRIS-REx" title="OSIRIS-REx">OSIRIS-REx</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Planned</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tianwen-2" title="Tianwen-2">Tianwen-2</a> (multiple flybys and sample return, 2025)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DESTINY%2B" title="DESTINY+">DESTINY+</a> (multiple flybys, 2028)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MBR_Explorer" title="MBR Explorer">MBR Explorer</a> (multiple flybys and orbiter, 2028)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Interceptor" title="Comet Interceptor">Comet Interceptor</a> (flyby, 2029)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Shensuo_(spacecraft)" title="Shensuo (spacecraft)">Shensuo</a></i> (flybys, 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASTER_(spacecraft)" title="ASTER (spacecraft)">ASTER</a> (orbiter, 2025)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramses_(spacecraft)" title="Ramses (spacecraft)">Ramses</a> (2029)</li> <li><i><a 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href="/wiki/Centaurus_(spacecraft_mission)" title="Centaurus (spacecraft mission)">Centaurus</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chimera_(spacecraft)" title="Chimera (spacecraft)">Chimera</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clementine_2" title="Clementine 2">Clementine 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hopper" title="Comet Hopper">Comet Hopper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Nucleus_Dust_and_Organics_Return" title="Comet Nucleus Dust and Organics Return">CONDOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Rendezvous,_Sample_Acquisition,_Investigation,_and_Return" title="Comet Rendezvous, Sample Acquisition, Investigation, and Return">CORSAIR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Rendezvous_Asteroid_Flyby" title="Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby">CRAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Quijote_(spacecraft)" title="Don Quijote (spacecraft)">Don Quijote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAMMER_(spacecraft)" title="HAMMER (spacecraft)">HAMMER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayabusa_Mk2" title="Hayabusa Mk2">Hayabusa Mk2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janus_(spacecraft)" title="Janus (spacecraft)">Janus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MAOSEP" class="mw-redirect" title="MAOSEP">MAOSEP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MANTIS_(spacecraft)" title="MANTIS (spacecraft)">MANTIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(spacecraft)" title="Marco Polo (spacecraft)">Marco Polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons_2" title="New Horizons 2">New Horizons 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OKEANOS" title="OKEANOS">OKEANOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vesta_(spacecraft)" title="Vesta (spacecraft)">Vesta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_belt" title="Asteroid belt">Asteroid belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_capture" title="Asteroid capture">Asteroid capture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_mining" title="Asteroid mining">Asteroid mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonization_of_the_asteroids" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonization of the asteroids">Colonization of asteroids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)" title="Ceres (dwarf planet)">Ceres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pluto" title="Pluto">Pluto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exploration_of_Pluto" title="Exploration of Pluto">Exploration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Solar_System_body" title="Small Solar System body">Small Solar System bodies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_object" title="Near-Earth object">Near-Earth object</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Neptunian_object" title="Trans-Neptunian object">Trans-Neptunian object</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonization_of_trans-Neptunian_objects" title="Colonization of trans-Neptunian objects">Colonization</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trojan_(celestial_body)" title="Trojan (celestial body)">Trojan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_Vesta" title="4 Vesta">Vesta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li>Probes are listed in chronological order of launch. <sup>†</sup> indicates mission failures.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Asteroids346" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div 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title="Standard asteroid physical characteristics">Physical characteristics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dynamic_method" title="Dynamic method">dynamic method</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance" title="Asteroid impact avoidance">Impact avoidance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_Asteroid_Tracking" title="Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking">Tracking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravitational_keyhole" title="Gravitational keyhole">Gravitational keyhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Earth-crossing_minor_planets" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Earth-crossing minor planets">Earth-crosser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_asteroid_close_approaches_to_Earth" title="List of asteroid close approaches to Earth">Close approaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binary_asteroid" title="Binary asteroid">Binary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minor-planet_moon" title="Minor-planet moon">moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contact_binary_(small_Solar_System_body)" title="Contact binary (small Solar System body)">contact</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Active_asteroid" title="Active asteroid">Active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_pair" title="Asteroid pair">Asteroid pair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palomar%E2%80%93Leiden_survey" title="Palomar–Leiden survey">Palomar–Leiden survey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contact_binary_(small_Solar_System_body)" title="Contact binary (small Solar System body)">Contact binary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asteroid#Distribution_within_the_Solar_System" title="Asteroid">Distribution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trojan_(celestial_body)" title="Trojan (celestial body)">Trojans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_ND15" title="2013 ND15">Venus trojan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earth_trojan" title="Earth trojan">Earth trojans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_trojan" title="Mars trojan">Mars trojans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_trojan" title="Jupiter trojan">Jupiter trojans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_UO14" title="2019 UO14">Saturn trojan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uranus_trojan" class="mw-redirect" title="Uranus trojan">Uranus trojans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neptune_trojan" title="Neptune trojan">Neptune trojans</a></li></ul></li> <li>Interior to Earth <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vulcanoid" title="Vulcanoid">Vulcanoids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mercury-crossing_minor_planets" title="List of Mercury-crossing minor planets">Mercury-crossers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Venus-crossing_minor_planets" title="List of Venus-crossing minor planets">Venus-crossers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_object" title="Near-Earth object">Near-Earth</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aten_asteroid" title="Aten asteroid">Aten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amor_asteroid" title="Amor asteroid">Amor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_asteroid" title="Apollo asteroid">Apollo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atira_asteroid" title="Atira asteroid">Atira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Earth-crossing_minor_planets" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Earth-crossing minor planets">Earth-crossers</a></li></ul></li> <li>Between Earth and the main belt <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mars-crossing_minor_planets" title="List of Mars-crossing minor planets">Mars crossers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_belt" title="Asteroid belt">Asteroid belt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kirkwood_gap" title="Kirkwood gap">Kirkwood gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Active_asteroid" title="Active asteroid">Active asteroids</a></li></ul></li> <li>Outer Solar System, does not include <a href="/wiki/Distant_minor_planet" title="Distant minor planet">distant minor planets</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jupiter-crossing_minor_planets" title="List of Jupiter-crossing minor planets">Jupiter-crossers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturn-crossing_minor_planets" title="List of Saturn-crossing minor planets">Saturn-crossers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Uranus-crossing_minor_planets" title="List of Uranus-crossing minor planets">Uranus-crossers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Neptune-crossing_minor_planets" title="List of Neptune-crossing minor planets">Neptune-crossers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur_(small_Solar_System_body)" title="Centaur (small Solar System body)">Centaurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exoasteroid" title="Exoasteroid">Exoasteroids</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asteroid#Classification" title="Asteroid">Classification</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asteroid#Orbital_classification" title="Asteroid">Orbital</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor-planet_groups" title="List of minor-planet groups">Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_family" title="Asteroid family">Family</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Asteroid_groups_and_families" title="Category:Asteroid groups and families">(list)</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_spectral_types" title="Asteroid spectral types">Spectral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_spectral_types#Tholen_classification" title="Asteroid spectral types">Tholen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C-type_asteroid#C-group_(Tholen)" title="C-type asteroid">C-group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B-type_asteroid" title="B-type asteroid">B-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-type_asteroid" title="F-type asteroid">F-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-type_asteroid" title="G-type asteroid">G-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-type_asteroid" title="C-type asteroid">C-type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-type_asteroid" title="S-type asteroid">S-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-type_asteroid" title="X-type asteroid">X-group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M-type_asteroid" title="M-type asteroid">M-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-type_asteroid" title="E-type asteroid">E-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P-type_asteroid" title="P-type asteroid">P-type</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>small classes</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-type_asteroid" title="A-type asteroid">A-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-type_asteroid" title="D-type asteroid">D-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-type_asteroid" title="J-type asteroid">J-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-type_asteroid" title="T-type asteroid">T-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q-type_asteroid" title="Q-type asteroid">Q-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-type_asteroid" title="R-type asteroid">R-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V-type_asteroid" title="V-type asteroid">V-type</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_spectral_types#SMASS_classification" title="Asteroid spectral types">SMASS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C-type_asteroid#C-group_(SMASS)" title="C-type asteroid">C-group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B-type_asteroid" title="B-type asteroid">B-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-type_asteroid" title="C-type asteroid">C-type</a></li> <li>Cg</li> <li>Ch</li> <li>Cgh</li> <li>Cb</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-type_asteroid" title="S-type asteroid">S-group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-type_asteroid" title="A-type asteroid">A-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q-type_asteroid" title="Q-type asteroid">Q-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-type_asteroid" title="R-type asteroid">R-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K-type_asteroid" title="K-type asteroid">K-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L-type_asteroid" title="L-type asteroid">L-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-type_asteroid" title="S-type asteroid">S-type</a></li> <li>Sa</li> <li>Sq</li> <li>Sr</li> <li>Sk</li> <li>Sl</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X-type_asteroid" title="X-type asteroid">X-group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X-type_asteroid" title="X-type asteroid">X-type</a></li> <li>Xe</li> <li>Xc</li> <li>Xk</li></ul></li> <li><i>small types</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T-type_asteroid" title="T-type asteroid">T-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-type_asteroid" title="D-type asteroid">D-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L-type_asteroid#Ld-type_asteroids" title="L-type asteroid">Ld-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O-type_asteroid" title="O-type asteroid">O-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V-type_asteroid" title="V-type asteroid">V-type</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asteroid#Exploration" title="Asteroid">Exploration</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Asteroids visited by spacecraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_mining" title="Asteroid mining">Mining</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Day" title="Asteroid Day">Asteroid Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroids_in_fiction" title="Asteroids in fiction">Asteroids in fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_asteroids_in_astrology" class="mw-redirect" title="List of asteroids in astrology">Asteroids in astrology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occultation#Occultations_by_smaller_bodies" title="Occultation">occultation</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">Comet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minor_planet" title="Minor planet">Minor planet</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" 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style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comet_nucleus" title="Comet nucleus">Nucleus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coma_(cometary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coma (cometary)">Coma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_tail" title="Comet tail">Tails</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antitail" class="mw-redirect" title="Antitail">Antitail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_dust" title="Comet dust">Comet dust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteor_shower" title="Meteor shower">Meteor shower</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hyakutake_Color.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)"><img alt="Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/67P_Churyumov-Gerasimenko_-_Rosetta_%2832755885495%29.png/150px-67P_Churyumov-Gerasimenko_-_Rosetta_%2832755885495%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/67P_Churyumov-Gerasimenko_-_Rosetta_%2832755885495%29.png/200px-67P_Churyumov-Gerasimenko_-_Rosetta_%2832755885495%29.png 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="3200" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Comet#Orbital_characteristics" title="Comet">Types</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_periodic_comets" title="List of periodic comets">Periodic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_numbered_comets" title="List of numbered comets">Numbered</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_comet" title="Lost comet">Lost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_long-period_comets" title="List of long-period comets">Long period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Halley-type_comets" title="List of Halley-type comets">Halley-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jupiter-family_comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter-family comet">Jupiter-family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Encke-type_comets" title="Category:Encke-type comets">Encke-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Active_asteroid" title="Active asteroid">Main-belt</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_non-periodic_comets" class="mw-redirect" title="List of non-periodic comets">Non-periodic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_near-parabolic_comets" title="List of near-parabolic comets">Near-parabolic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hyperbolic_comets" title="List of hyperbolic comets">Hyperbolic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_comets_with_no_meaningful_orbit" title="List of comets with no meaningful orbit">Unknown-orbit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_comet" title="Great comet">Great Comet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungrazing_comet" title="Sungrazing comet">Sungrazing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kreutz_sungrazer" title="Kreutz sungrazer">Kreutz</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extinct_comet" title="Extinct comet">Extinct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exocomet" title="Exocomet">Exocomet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstellar_object" title="Interstellar object">Interstellar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naming_of_comets" title="Naming of comets">Naming of comets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Observational_history_of_comets" title="Observational history of comets">Observational history of comets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur_(minor_planet)#Similarities_to_comets" class="mw-redirect" title="Centaur (minor planet)">Centaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Discoverers_of_comets" title="Category:Discoverers of comets">Comet discoverers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_comets_discovered_by_the_LINEAR_project" title="List of comets discovered by the LINEAR project">LINEAR</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_atmosphere" title="Extraterrestrial atmosphere">Extraterrestrial atmosphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oort_cloud" title="Oort cloud">Oort cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Solar_System_body" title="Small Solar System body">Small Solar System body</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">Asteroid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Exploration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missions_to_comets" title="List of missions to comets">List of missions to comets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_comets_visited_by_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="List of comets visited by spacecraft">List of comets visited by spacecraft</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Latest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2024_S1_(ATLAS)" title="C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)">C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2024_G3_(ATLAS)" title="C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)">C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_P1_(Nishimura)" title="C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)">C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_H2_(Lemmon)" title="C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)">C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_E1_(ATLAS)" title="C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)">C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)" title="C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)">C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF)" title="C/2022 E3 (ZTF)">C/2022 E3 (ZTF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_O3_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)">C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_J1_(Maury-Attard)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard)">C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_A1_(Leonard)" title="C/2021 A1 (Leonard)">C/2021 A1 (Leonard)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F8_(SWAN)" title="C/2020 F8 (SWAN)">C/2020 F8 (SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F5_(MASTER)" title="C/2020 F5 (MASTER)">C/2020 F5 (MASTER)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_NEOWISE" title="Comet NEOWISE">C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_Y4_(ATLAS)" title="C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)">C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_Y1_(ATLAS)" title="C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS)">C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_U6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)">C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2I/Borisov" title="2I/Borisov">2I/Borisov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P/2019_LD2_(ATLAS)" title="P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS)">P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_Y1_(Iwamoto)" title="C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)">C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_C2_(Lemmon)" title="C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)">C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2017_U7" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2017 U7">C/2017 U7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2017_K2_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)">C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2016_U1_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)">C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_V2_(Johnson)" title="C/2015 V2 (Johnson)">C/2015 V2 (Johnson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_G2_(MASTER)" title="C/2015 G2 (MASTER)">C/2015 G2 (MASTER)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_ER61_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)">C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_UN271_(Bernardinelli%E2%80%93Bernstein)" title="C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein)">C/2014 UN<sub>271</sub> (Bernardinelli–Bernstein)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)">C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q1_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)">C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Culture and<br />speculation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antimatter_comet" title="Antimatter comet">Antimatter comet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comets_in_fiction" title="Comets in fiction">Comets in fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_vintages" title="Comet vintages">Comet vintages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div id="Lists_of_comets_(more)119" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_comets" title="Lists of comets">Lists of comets</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_comets" title="Category:Lists of comets">more</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_numbered_comets" title="List of numbered comets">Periodic<br />comets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Until 1985<br />(all)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet" title="Halley's Comet">1P/Halley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Encke" title="Comet Encke">2P/Encke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biela%27s_Comet" title="Biela's Comet">3D/Biela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4P/Faye" title="4P/Faye">4P/Faye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5D/Brorsen" title="5D/Brorsen">5D/Brorsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6P/d%27Arrest" title="6P/d'Arrest">6P/d'Arrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7P/Pons%E2%80%93Winnecke" title="7P/Pons–Winnecke">7P/Pons–Winnecke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8P/Tuttle" title="8P/Tuttle">8P/Tuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tempel_1" title="Tempel 1">9P/Tempel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10P/Tempel" title="10P/Tempel">10P/Tempel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11P/Tempel%E2%80%93Swift%E2%80%93LINEAR" title="11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR">11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12P/Pons%E2%80%93Brooks" title="12P/Pons–Brooks">12P/Pons–Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13P/Olbers" title="13P/Olbers">13P/Olbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14P/Wolf" title="14P/Wolf">14P/Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15P/Finlay" title="15P/Finlay">15P/Finlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16P/Brooks" title="16P/Brooks">16P/Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Holmes" title="Comet Holmes">17P/Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18D/Perrine%E2%80%93Mrkos" title="18D/Perrine–Mrkos">18D/Perrine–Mrkos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19P/Borrelly" title="19P/Borrelly">19P/Borrelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20D/Westphal" title="20D/Westphal">20D/Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21P/Giacobini%E2%80%93Zinner" title="21P/Giacobini–Zinner">21P/Giacobini–Zinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22P/Kopff" title="22P/Kopff">22P/Kopff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23P/Brorsen%E2%80%93Metcalf" title="23P/Brorsen–Metcalf">23P/Brorsen–Metcalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24P/Schaumasse" title="24P/Schaumasse">24P/Schaumasse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25D/Neujmin" title="25D/Neujmin">25D/Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26P/Grigg%E2%80%93Skjellerup" title="26P/Grigg–Skjellerup">26P/Grigg–Skjellerup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27P/Crommelin" title="27P/Crommelin">27P/Crommelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28P/Neujmin" title="28P/Neujmin">28P/Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29P/Schwassmann%E2%80%93Wachmann" title="29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann">29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30P/Reinmuth" title="30P/Reinmuth">30P/Reinmuth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31P/Schwassmann%E2%80%93Wachmann" title="31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann">31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32P/Comas_Sol%C3%A0" title="32P/Comas Solà">32P/Comas Solà</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33P/Daniel" title="33P/Daniel">33P/Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34D/Gale" title="34D/Gale">34D/Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35P/Herschel%E2%80%93Rigollet" title="35P/Herschel–Rigollet">35P/Herschel–Rigollet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36P/Whipple" title="36P/Whipple">36P/Whipple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37P/Forbes" title="37P/Forbes">37P/Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38P/Stephan%E2%80%93Oterma" title="38P/Stephan–Oterma">38P/Stephan–Oterma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39P/Oterma" title="39P/Oterma">39P/Oterma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40P/V%C3%A4is%C3%A4l%C3%A4" title="40P/Väisälä">40P/Väisälä</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41P/Tuttle%E2%80%93Giacobini%E2%80%93Kres%C3%A1k" title="41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák">41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42P/Neujmin" title="42P/Neujmin">42P/Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43P/Wolf%E2%80%93Harrington" title="43P/Wolf–Harrington">43P/Wolf–Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44P/Reinmuth" title="44P/Reinmuth">44P/Reinmuth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45P/Honda%E2%80%93Mrkos%E2%80%93Pajdu%C5%A1%C3%A1kov%C3%A1" title="45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková">45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46P/Wirtanen" title="46P/Wirtanen">46P/Wirtanen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47P/Ashbrook%E2%80%93Jackson" title="47P/Ashbrook–Jackson">47P/Ashbrook–Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48P/Johnson" title="48P/Johnson">48P/Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49P/Arend%E2%80%93Rigaux" title="49P/Arend–Rigaux">49P/Arend–Rigaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50P/Arend" title="50P/Arend">50P/Arend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51P/Harrington" title="51P/Harrington">51P/Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52P/Harrington%E2%80%93Abell" title="52P/Harrington–Abell">52P/Harrington–Abell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53P/Van_Biesbroeck" title="53P/Van Biesbroeck">53P/Van Biesbroeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54P/de_Vico%E2%80%93Swift%E2%80%93NEAT" title="54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT">54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55P/Tempel%E2%80%93Tuttle" title="55P/Tempel–Tuttle">55P/Tempel–Tuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56P/Slaughter%E2%80%93Burnham" title="56P/Slaughter–Burnham">56P/Slaughter–Burnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57P/du_Toit%E2%80%93Neujmin%E2%80%93Delporte" title="57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte">57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58P/Jackson%E2%80%93Neujmin" title="58P/Jackson–Neujmin">58P/Jackson–Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59P/Kearns%E2%80%93Kwee" title="59P/Kearns–Kwee">59P/Kearns–Kwee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60P/Tsuchinshan" title="60P/Tsuchinshan">60P/Tsuchinshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61P/Shajn%E2%80%93Schaldach" title="61P/Shajn–Schaldach">61P/Shajn–Schaldach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62P/Tsuchinshan" title="62P/Tsuchinshan">62P/Tsuchinshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63P/Wild" title="63P/Wild">63P/Wild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64P/Swift%E2%80%93Gehrels" title="64P/Swift–Gehrels">64P/Swift–Gehrels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65P/Gunn" title="65P/Gunn">65P/Gunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66P/du_Toit" title="66P/du Toit">66P/du Toit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko" title="67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko">67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68P/Klemola" title="68P/Klemola">68P/Klemola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69P/Taylor" title="69P/Taylor">69P/Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70P/Kojima" title="70P/Kojima">70P/Kojima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71P/Clark" title="71P/Clark">71P/Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72P/Denning%E2%80%93Fujikawa" title="72P/Denning–Fujikawa">72P/Denning–Fujikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73P/Schwassmann%E2%80%93Wachmann" title="73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann">73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74P/Smirnova%E2%80%93Chernykh" title="74P/Smirnova–Chernykh">74P/Smirnova–Chernykh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75D/Kohoutek" title="75D/Kohoutek">75D/Kohoutek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76P/West%E2%80%93Kohoutek%E2%80%93Ikemura" title="76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura">76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77P/Longmore" title="77P/Longmore">77P/Longmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78P/Gehrels" title="78P/Gehrels">78P/Gehrels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79P/du_Toit%E2%80%93Hartley" title="79P/du Toit–Hartley">79P/du Toit–Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80P/Peters%E2%80%93Hartley" title="80P/Peters–Hartley">80P/Peters–Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81P/Wild" title="81P/Wild">81P/Wild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82P/Gehrels" title="82P/Gehrels">82P/Gehrels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/83D/Russell" title="83D/Russell">83D/Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84P/Giclas" title="84P/Giclas">84P/Giclas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85D/Boethin" title="85D/Boethin">85D/Boethin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">After 1985<br />(notable)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/88P/Howell" title="88P/Howell">88P/Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92P/Sanguin" title="92P/Sanguin">92P/Sanguin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96P/Machholz" title="96P/Machholz">96P/Machholz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97P/Metcalf%E2%80%93Brewington" title="97P/Metcalf–Brewington">97P/Metcalf–Brewington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/103P/Hartley" title="103P/Hartley">103P/Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4015_Wilson%E2%80%93Harrington" title="4015 Wilson–Harrington">107P/Wilson–Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/108P/Ciffr%C3%A9o" title="108P/Ciffréo">108P/Ciffréo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Swift%E2%80%93Tuttle" title="Comet Swift–Tuttle">109P/Swift–Tuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122P/de_Vico" title="122P/de Vico">122P/de Vico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/126P/IRAS" title="126P/IRAS">126P/IRAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/141P/Machholz" title="141P/Machholz">141P/Machholz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/144P/Kushida" title="144P/Kushida">144P/Kushida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/147P/Kushida%E2%80%93Muramatsu" title="147P/Kushida–Muramatsu">147P/Kushida–Muramatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/153P/Ikeya%E2%80%93Zhang" title="153P/Ikeya–Zhang">153P/Ikeya–Zhang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/156P/Russell%E2%80%93LINEAR" title="156P/Russell–LINEAR">156P/Russell–LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/161P/Hartley%E2%80%93IRAS" title="161P/Hartley–IRAS">161P/Hartley–IRAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/162P/Siding_Spring" title="162P/Siding Spring">162P/Siding Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/168P/Hergenrother" title="168P/Hergenrother">168P/Hergenrother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/169P/NEAT" title="169P/NEAT">169P/NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/177P/Barnard" title="177P/Barnard">177P/Barnard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/178P/Hug%E2%80%93Bell" title="178P/Hug–Bell">178P/Hug–Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/205P/Giacobini" title="205P/Giacobini">205P/Giacobini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/209P/LINEAR" title="209P/LINEAR">209P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/238P/Read" title="238P/Read">238P/Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/246P/NEAT" title="246P/NEAT">246P/NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/249P/LINEAR" title="249P/LINEAR">249P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/252P/LINEAR" title="252P/LINEAR">252P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/255P/Levy" title="255P/Levy">255P/Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/273P/Pons%E2%80%93Gambart" title="273P/Pons–Gambart">273P/Pons–Gambart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/289P/Blanpain" title="289P/Blanpain">289P/Blanpain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311P/PanSTARRS" title="311P/PanSTARRS">311P/PanSTARRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/322P/SOHO" title="322P/SOHO">322P/SOHO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/323P/SOHO" title="323P/SOHO">323P/SOHO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/332P/Ikeya%E2%80%93Murakami" title="332P/Ikeya–Murakami">332P/Ikeya–Murakami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/333P/LINEAR" title="333P/LINEAR">333P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354P/LINEAR" title="354P/LINEAR">354P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/(457175)_2008_GO98" title="(457175) 2008 GO98">362P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/460P/PanSTARRS" title="460P/PanSTARRS">460P/PanSTARRS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Asteroid#Terminology" title="Asteroid">Comet-like<br />asteroids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/596_Scheila" title="596 Scheila">596 Scheila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2060_Chiron" title="2060 Chiron">2060 Chiron</a> (95P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4015_Wilson%E2%80%93Harrington" title="4015 Wilson–Harrington">4015 Wilson–Harrington</a> (107P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7968_Elst%E2%80%93Pizarro" title="7968 Elst–Pizarro">7968 Elst–Pizarro</a> (133P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/165P/LINEAR" title="165P/LINEAR">165P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/166P/NEAT" title="166P/NEAT">166P/NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/167P/CINEOS" title="167P/CINEOS">167P/CINEOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60558_Echeclus" title="60558 Echeclus">60558 Echeclus</a> (174P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/118401_LINEAR" title="118401 LINEAR">118401 LINEAR</a> (176P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/238P/Read" title="238P/Read">238P/Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/259P/Garradd" title="259P/Garradd">259P/Garradd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311P/PanSTARRS" title="311P/PanSTARRS">311P/PanSTARRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/324P/La_Sagra" title="324P/La Sagra">324P/La Sagra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/331P/Gibbs" title="331P/Gibbs">331P/Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354P/LINEAR" title="354P/LINEAR">354P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/358P/PANSTARRS" class="mw-redirect" title="358P/PANSTARRS">358P/PANSTARRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P/2013_R3_(Catalina-PANSTARRS)" class="mw-redirect" title="P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS)">P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/(300163)_2006_VW139" title="(300163) 2006 VW139">(300163) 2006 VW139</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Lost_comet" title="Lost comet">Lost</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Recovered</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9P/Tempel" class="mw-redirect" title="9P/Tempel">9P/Tempel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11P/Tempel%E2%80%93Swift%E2%80%93LINEAR" title="11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR">11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15P/Finlay" title="15P/Finlay">15P/Finlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Holmes" title="Comet Holmes">17P/Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27P/Crommelin" title="27P/Crommelin">27P/Crommelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54P/de_Vico%E2%80%93Swift%E2%80%93NEAT" title="54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT">54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55P/Tempel%E2%80%93Tuttle" title="55P/Tempel–Tuttle">55P/Tempel–Tuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57P/du_Toit%E2%80%93Neujmin%E2%80%93Delporte" title="57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte">57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69P/Taylor" title="69P/Taylor">69P/Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72P/Denning%E2%80%93Fujikawa" title="72P/Denning–Fujikawa">72P/Denning–Fujikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80P/Peters%E2%80%93Hartley" title="80P/Peters–Hartley">80P/Peters–Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97P/Metcalf%E2%80%93Brewington" title="97P/Metcalf–Brewington">97P/Metcalf–Brewington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4015_Wilson%E2%80%93Harrington" title="4015 Wilson–Harrington">107P/Wilson–Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/113P/Spitaler" title="113P/Spitaler">113P/Spitaler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122P/de_Vico" title="122P/de Vico">122P/de Vico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/157P/Tritton" title="157P/Tritton">157P/Tritton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/205P/Giacobini" title="205P/Giacobini">205P/Giacobini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/206P/Barnard%E2%80%93Boattini" title="206P/Barnard–Boattini">206P/Barnard–Boattini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/226P/Pigott%E2%80%93LINEAR%E2%80%93Kowalski" title="226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski">226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/271P/van_Houten%E2%80%93Lemmon" title="271P/van Houten–Lemmon">271P/van Houten–Lemmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/289P/Blanpain" title="289P/Blanpain">289P/Blanpain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Destroyed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biela%27s_Comet" title="Biela's Comet">3D/Biela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker%E2%80%93Levy_9" title="Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9">D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker–Levy 9)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Not found</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lexell%27s_Comet" title="Lexell's Comet">D/1770 L1 (Lexell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5D/Brorsen" title="5D/Brorsen">5D/Brorsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18D/Perrine%E2%80%93Mrkos" title="18D/Perrine–Mrkos">18D/Perrine–Mrkos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20D/Westphal" title="20D/Westphal">20D/Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25D/Neujmin" title="25D/Neujmin">25D/Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34D/Gale" title="34D/Gale">34D/Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75D/Kohoutek" title="75D/Kohoutek">75D/Kohoutek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/83D/Russell" title="83D/Russell">83D/Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85D/Boethin" title="85D/Boethin">85D/Boethin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#List_of_comets_visited_by_spacecraft">Visited by<br />spacecraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/21P/Giacobini%E2%80%93Zinner" title="21P/Giacobini–Zinner">21P/Giacobini–Zinner</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet" title="Halley's Comet">1P/Halley</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/26P/Grigg%E2%80%93Skjellerup" title="26P/Grigg–Skjellerup">26P/Grigg–Skjellerup</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/19P/Borrelly" title="19P/Borrelly">19P/Borrelly</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/81P/Wild" title="81P/Wild">81P/Wild</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tempel_1" title="Tempel 1">9P/Tempel</a> (2005, 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught" title="Comet McNaught">C/2006 P1</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/103P/Hartley" title="103P/Hartley">103P/Hartley</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko" title="67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko">67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko</a> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_near-parabolic_comets" title="List of near-parabolic comets">Near-Parabolic<br />comets<br />(notable)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Until 1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caesar%27s_Comet" title="Caesar's Comet">C/-43 K1 (Caesar's Comet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X/1106_C1" title="X/1106 C1">X/1106 C1 (Great Comet of 1106)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1264" title="Great Comet of 1264">C/1264 N1 (Great Comet of 1264)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1402" title="Great Comet of 1402">C/1402 D1 (Great Comet of 1402)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1472" title="Great Comet of 1472">C/1471 Y1 (Great Comet of 1472)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1577" title="Great Comet of 1577">C/1577 V1 (Great Comet of 1577)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1652_Y1" title="C/1652 Y1">C/1652 Y1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1680" title="Great Comet of 1680">C/1680 V1 (Great Comet of 1680, Kirsch's Comet, Newton's Comet)</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1702_H1" title="C/1702 H1">C/1702 H1 (Comet of 1702)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_of_1729" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet of 1729">C/1729 P1 (Comet of 1729, Comet Sarabat)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1744" title="Great Comet of 1744">C/1743 X1 (Great Comet of 1744, Comet Klinkenberg-Chéseaux)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1760_A1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1760 A1">C/1760 A1 (Great Comet of 1760)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1769_P1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1769 P1">C/1769 P1 (Great Comet of 1769)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1807_R1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1807 R1">C/1807 R1 (Great Comet of 1807)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1811" title="Great Comet of 1811">C/1811 F1 (Great Comet of 1811)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1819" title="Great Comet of 1819">C/1819 N1 (Great Comet of 1819)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1823" title="Great Comet of 1823">C/1823 Y1 (Great Comet of 1823)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1843" title="Great Comet of 1843">C/1843 D1 (Great March Comet of 1843)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1847_T1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1847 T1">C/1847 T1 (Miss Mitchell's Comet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Donati" title="Comet Donati">C/1858 L1 (Comet Donati)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1861_G1_(Thatcher)" title="C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)">C/1861 G1 (Comet Thatcher)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1861_J1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1861 J1">C/1861 J1 (Great Comet of 1861)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1865_B1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1865 B1">C/1865 B1 (Great Southern Comet of 1865)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X/1872_X1" class="mw-redirect" title="X/1872 X1">X/1872 X1 (Pogson's Comet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1874_H1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1874 H1">C/1874 H1 (Comet Coggia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1881_K1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1881 K1">C/1881 K1 (Comet Tebbutt)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1882" title="Great Comet of 1882">C/1882 R1 (Great Comet of 1882)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Southern_Comet_of_1887" title="Great Southern Comet of 1887">C/1887 B1 (Great Southern Comet of 1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1901" title="Great Comet of 1901">C/1901 G1 (Great Comet of 1901)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_January_Comet_of_1910" title="Great January Comet of 1910">C/1910 A1 (Great January Comet of 1910)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1911_O1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1911 O1">C/1911 O1 (Brooks)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1911_S3" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1911 S3">C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Skjellerup%E2%80%93Maristany" title="Comet Skjellerup–Maristany">C/1927 X1 (Skjellerup–Maristany)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1931_P1_(Ryves)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1931 P1 (Ryves)">C/1931 P1 (Ryves)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1941_B2_(de_Kock-Paraskevopoulos)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)">C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1947_X1_(Southern_Comet)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1947 X1 (Southern Comet)">C/1947 X1 (Southern Comet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1948_V1" title="C/1948 V1">C/1948 V1 (Eclipse)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Arend%E2%80%93Roland" title="Comet Arend–Roland">C/1956 R1 (Arend–Roland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1957_P1_(Mrkos)" title="C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)">C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1961_O1_(Wilson-Hubbard)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)">C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1961_O1_(Wilson-Hubbard)" class="extiw" title="de:C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Humason" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Humason">C/1961 R1 (Humason)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1962_C1_(Seki-Lines)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)">C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1963_A1_(Ikeya)" title="C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)">C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Pereyra" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Pereyra">C/1963 R1 (Pereyra)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1964_N1_(Ikeya)" title="C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)">C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Ikeya%E2%80%93Seki" title="Comet Ikeya–Seki">C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1969_T1_(Tago-Sato-Kosaka)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)">C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1969_T1_(Tago-Sato-Kosaka)" class="extiw" title="de:C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Bennett" title="Comet Bennett">C/1969 Y1 (Bennett)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_White%E2%80%93Ortiz%E2%80%93Bolelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli">C/1970 K1 (White–Ortiz–Bolelli)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Kohoutek" title="Comet Kohoutek">C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_West" title="Comet West">C/1975 V1 (West)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1980_E1_(Bowell)" title="C/1980 E1 (Bowell)">C/1980 E1 (Bowell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_IRAS%E2%80%93Araki%E2%80%93Alcock" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock">C/1983 H1 (IRAS–Araki–Alcock)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1989_W1_(Aarseth-Brewington)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington)">C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1989_X1_(Austin)" title="C/1989 X1 (Austin)">C/1989 X1 (Austin)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Skorichenko%E2%80%93George" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Skorichenko–George">C/1989 Y1 (Skorichenko–George)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">After 1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1990_K1_(Levy)" title="C/1990 K1 (Levy)">C/1990 K1 (Levy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1992_J1_(Spacewatch)" title="C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch)">C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch–Rabinowitz)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught%E2%80%93Russell" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet McNaught–Russell">C/1993 Y1 (McNaught–Russell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp" title="Comet Hale–Bopp">C/1995 O1 (Hale–Bopp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hyakutake" title="Comet Hyakutake">C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Zhu%E2%80%93Balam" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Zhu–Balam">C/1997 L1 (Zhu–Balam)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Stonehouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Stonehouse">C/1998 H1 (Stonehouse)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/1998_J1_(SOHO)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C/1998 J1 (SOHO) (page does not exist)">C/1998 J1 (SOHO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1999_F1_(Catalina)" title="C/1999 F1 (Catalina)">C/1999 F1 (Catalina)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1999_S4_(LINEAR)" title="C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)">C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2000_WM1_(LINEAR)" title="C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)">C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_A2_(LINEAR)" title="C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)">C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_OG108" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2001 OG108">C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_Q4_(NEAT)" title="C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)">C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2002_T7" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2002 T7">C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2002_V1_(NEAT)" title="C/2002 V1 (NEAT)">C/2002 V1 (NEAT)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2004_F4_(Bradfield)" title="C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)">C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Machholz" title="Comet Machholz">C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Pojma%C5%84ski" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Pojmański">C/2006 A1 (Pojmański)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2006_M4_(SWAN)" title="C/2006 M4 (SWAN)">C/2006 M4 (SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught" title="Comet McNaught">C/2006 P1 (McNaught)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_E2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)">C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2007 F1">C/2007 F1 (LONEOS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Lulin" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Lulin">C/2007 N3 (Lulin)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_Q3_(Siding_Spring)" title="C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)">C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_W1_(Boattini)" title="C/2007 W1 (Boattini)">C/2007 W1 (Boattini)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Yi%E2%80%93SWAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Yi–SWAN">C/2009 F6 (Yi–SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2009_R1_(McNaught)" title="C/2009 R1 (McNaught)">C/2009 R1 (McNaught)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2010_X1_(Elenin)" title="C/2010 X1 (Elenin)">C/2010 X1 (Elenin)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2011_L4" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2011 L4">C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2011_W3_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)">C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_E2_(SWAN)" title="C/2012 E2 (SWAN)">C/2012 E2 (SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_F6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)">C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_K1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2012 K1">C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_ISON" title="Comet ISON">C/2012 S1 (ISON)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_A1_(Siding_Spring)" title="C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)">C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_R1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2013 R1">C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_US10_(Catalina)" title="C/2013 US10 (Catalina)">C/2013 US10 (Catalina)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_V5_(Oukaimeden)" title="C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)">C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_E2_(Jacques)" title="C/2014 E2 (Jacques)">C/2014 E2 (Jacques)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q1_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)">C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)">C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_ER61_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)">C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_V2_(Johnson)" title="C/2015 V2 (Johnson)">C/2015 V2 (Johnson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2017_K2_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)">C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua" title="ʻOumuamua">1I/2017 U1 ʻOumuamua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_Y1_(Iwamoto)" title="C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)">C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2I/Borisov" title="2I/Borisov">2I/Borisov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_U6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)">C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_Y4_(ATLAS)" title="C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)">C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)">C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F8_(SWAN)" title="C/2020 F8 (SWAN)">C/2020 F8 (SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_A1_(Leonard)" title="C/2021 A1 (Leonard)">C/2021 A1 (Leonard)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF)" title="C/2022 E3 (ZTF)">C/2022 E3 (ZTF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)" title="C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)">C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_P1_(Nishimura)" title="C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)">C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">After 1910<br />(by name)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1989_W1_(Aarseth-Brewington)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington)">Aarseth-Brewington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Arend%E2%80%93Roland" title="Comet Arend–Roland">Arend–Roland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1989_X1_(Austin)" title="C/1989 X1 (Austin)">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1911_S3" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1911 S3">Beljawsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Bennett" title="Comet Bennett">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_W1_(Boattini)" title="C/2007 W1 (Boattini)">Boattini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2I/Borisov" title="2I/Borisov">Borisov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1980_E1_(Bowell)" title="C/1980 E1 (Bowell)">Bowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2004_F4_(Bradfield)" title="C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)">Bradfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1911_O1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1911 O1">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey">Catalina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1999_F1_(Catalina)" title="C/1999 F1 (Catalina)">C/1999 F1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_US10" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2013 US10">C/2013 US10</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1941_B2_(de_Kock-Paraskevopoulos)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)">de Kock–Paraskevopoulos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1948_V1" title="C/1948 V1">Eclipse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2010_X1_(Elenin)" title="C/2010 X1 (Elenin)">Elenin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp" title="Comet Hale–Bopp">Hale-Bopp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Humason" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Humason">Humason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hyakutake" title="Comet Hyakutake">Hyakutake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaoru_Ikeya" title="Kaoru Ikeya">Ikeya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1963_A1_(Ikeya)" title="C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)">C/1963 A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1964_N1_(Ikeya)" title="C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)">C/1964 N1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Ikeya%E2%80%93Seki" title="Comet Ikeya–Seki">Ikeya-Seki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_IRAS%E2%80%93Araki%E2%80%93Alcock" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock">IRAS–Araki–Alcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_ISON" title="Comet ISON">ISON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_Y1_(Iwamoto)" title="C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)">Iwamoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_E2_(Jacques)" title="C/2014 E2 (Jacques)">Jacques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_V2_(Johnson)" title="C/2015 V2 (Johnson)">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Kohoutek" title="Comet Kohoutek">Kohoutek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Lemmon_Observatory" title="Mount Lemmon Observatory">Lemmon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_F6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)">C/2012 F6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_C2_(Lemmon)" title="C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)">C/2018 C2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_U6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)">C/2019 U6</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_A1_(Leonard)" title="C/2021 A1 (Leonard)">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1990_K1_(Levy)" title="C/1990 K1 (Levy)">Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Near-Earth_Asteroid_Research" title="Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research">LINEAR</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1999_S4_(LINEAR)" title="C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)">C/1999 S4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2000_WM1_(LINEAR)" title="C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)">C/2000 WM1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_A2_(LINEAR)" title="C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)">C/2001 A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2002_T7" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2002 T7">C/2002 T7</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Observatory_Near-Earth-Object_Search" title="Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search">LONEOS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_OG108" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2001 OG108">C/2001 OG108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2007 F1">C/2007 F1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Lovejoy" title="Terry Lovejoy">Lovejoy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_E2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)">C/2007 E2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2011_W3_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)">C/2011 W3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_R1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2013 R1">C/2013 R1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)">C/2014 Q2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Lulin" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Lulin">Lulin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Machholz" title="Comet Machholz">Machholz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._McNaught" title="Robert H. McNaught">McNaught</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught" title="Comet McNaught">C/2006 P1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2009_R1_(McNaught)" title="C/2009 R1 (McNaught)">C/2009 R1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught%E2%80%93Russell" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet McNaught–Russell">McNaught–Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1957_P1_(Mrkos)" title="C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)">Mrkos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_Asteroid_Tracking" title="Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking">NEAT</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_Q4_(NEAT)" title="C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)">C/2001 Q4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2002_V1_(NEAT)" title="C/2002 V1 (NEAT)">C/2002 V1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_NEOWISE" title="Comet NEOWISE">NEOWISE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_P1_(Nishimura)" title="C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)">Nishimura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_V5_(Oukaimeden)" title="C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)">Oukaimeden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua" title="ʻOumuamua">ʻOumuamua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-STARRS" title="Pan-STARRS">Pan-STARRS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2011_L4" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2011 L4">C/2011 L4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_K1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2012 K1">C/2012 K1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311P/PanSTARRS" title="311P/PanSTARRS">311P/PanSTARRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q1_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)">C/2014 Q1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_ER61_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)">C/2015 ER61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2017_K2" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2017 K2">C/2017 K2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Pereyra" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Pereyra">Pereyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Pojma%C5%84ski" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Pojmański">Pojmański</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryves_Comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryves Comet">Ryves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1962_C1_(Seki-Lines)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)">Seki–Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siding_Spring_Observatory" title="Siding Spring Observatory">Siding Spring</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_Q3_(Siding_Spring)" title="C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)">C/2007 Q3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_A1_(Siding_Spring)" title="C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)">C/2013 A1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Skjellerup%E2%80%93Maristany" title="Comet Skjellerup–Maristany">Skjellerup–Maristany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Skorichenko%E2%80%93George" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Skorichenko–George">Skorichenko–George</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/1998_J1_(SOHO)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C/1998 J1 (SOHO) (page does not exist)">SOHO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1947_X1_(Southern_Comet)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1947 X1 (Southern Comet)">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1992_J1_(Spacewatch)" title="C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch)">Spacewatch–Rabinowitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Stonehouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Stonehouse">Stonehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_and_Heliospheric_Observatory#Instruments" title="Solar and Heliospheric Observatory">SWAN</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2006_M4_(SWAN)" title="C/2006 M4 (SWAN)">C/2006 M4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_E2_(SWAN)" title="C/2012 E2 (SWAN)">C/2012 E2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F8_(SWAN)" title="C/2020 F8 (SWAN)">C/2020 F8</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1969_T1_(Tago-Sato-Kosaka)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)">Tago-Sato-Kosaka</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; 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