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id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Comet NEOWISE</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3" title="C/2020 F3 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="C/2020 F3" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%86%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2_(%D8%B3%DB%8C/%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B2%DB%B0_%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%B3)" title="دنباله‌دار نئووایز (سی/۲۰۲۰ اف۳) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دنباله‌دار نئووایز (سی/۲۰۲۰ اف۳)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(%EB%8B%88%EC%98%A4%EC%99%80%EC%9D%B4%EC%A6%88)" title="C/2020 F3 (니오와이즈) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="C/2020 F3 (니오와이즈)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5-%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81_(_C_/_2020_F3_)" title="नव-धूमकेतु ( C / 2020 F3 ) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नव-धूमकेतु ( C / 2020 F3 )" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98_C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="שביט C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שביט C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)_%C3%BCst%C3%B6k%C3%B6s" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) üstökös – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) üstökös" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF/2020_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D3" title="സി/2020 എഫ്3 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സി/2020 എഫ്3" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%94%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%B6%E1%80%81%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA" title="နီးယိုဝိုက် ကြယ်တံခွန် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="နီးယိုဝိုက် ကြယ်တံခွန်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEOWISE%E5%BD%97%E6%98%9F_(C/2020_F3)" title="NEOWISE彗星 (C/2020 F3) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="NEOWISE彗星 (C/2020 F3)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%93%E0%AD%B1%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%9C_%E0%AC%A7%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%A4%E0%AD%81" title="ନିଓୱାଇଜ ଧୂମକେତୁ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ନିଓୱାଇଜ ଧୂମକେତୁ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_NEOWISE" title="Comet NEOWISE – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Comet NEOWISE" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" 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For other comets discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite, see <a href="/wiki/Comet_WISE_and_NEOWISE" title="Comet WISE and NEOWISE">Comet WISE and NEOWISE</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_Object_WISE" class="mw-redirect" title="Near-Earth Object WISE">NEOWISE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Discovery date</th><td class="infobox-data">March 27, 2020<sup id="cite_ref-discovery_date_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discovery_date-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#FFE0C2"><a href="/wiki/Osculating_orbit" title="Osculating orbit">Orbital characteristics</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2458953.5 (April 14, 2020)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Observation_arc" title="Observation arc">Observation arc</a></th><td class="infobox-data">113 days</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Number of<br />observations</th><td class="infobox-data">376</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comets_by_type" title="List of comets by type">Orbit type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Long_period_comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Long period comet">Long period comet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Aphelion</a></th><td class="infobox-data">538 <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_unit" title="Astronomical unit">AU</a> (inbound)<br />710 AU (outbound)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perihelion</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.29478 AU</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Semi-major_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-major axis">Semi-major axis</a></th><td class="infobox-data">270 AU (inbound)<br />355 AU (outbound)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity" title="Orbital eccentricity">Eccentricity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.99921</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Orbital period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">~4500 yrs (inbound)<sup id="cite_ref-Horizons_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horizons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />~6800 yrs (outbound)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">128.93°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Longitude_of_the_ascending_node" title="Longitude of the ascending node">Longitude of<br />ascending node</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">61.01°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Argument_of_periapsis" title="Argument of periapsis">Argument of<br />periapsis</a></th><td class="infobox-data">37.28°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Last perihelion</th><td class="infobox-data">3 July 2020</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Tisserand%27s_parameter" title="Tisserand's parameter">T<sub>Jupiter</sub></a></th><td class="infobox-data">−0.408</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Earth <a href="/wiki/Minimum_orbit_intersection_distance" title="Minimum orbit intersection distance">MOID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.36 AU (54 million km; 140 LD)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Jupiter <a href="/wiki/Minimum_orbit_intersection_distance" title="Minimum orbit intersection distance">MOID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.81 AU (121 million km)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#FFE0C2"><span class="anchor" id="Infobox_Physical_characteristics"></span> Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Comet_nucleus" title="Comet nucleus">Dimensions</a></th><td class="infobox-data">~5.0 km (3.1 mi)<sup id="cite_ref-discovery_date_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discovery_date-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Synodic_rotation_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Synodic rotation period">Synodic rotation period</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7000758000000000000♠"></span>7.58<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.03</span> h</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Absolute_magnitude#Cometary_magnitudes" title="Absolute magnitude">Comet total<br />magnitude</a> (M1)</th><td class="infobox-data">12.1<br />7.5<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><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">Apparent magnitude</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.5–1.0<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020 apparition)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)</b> or <b>Comet NEOWISE</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Long_period_comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Long period comet">long period comet</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Parabolic_trajectory" title="Parabolic trajectory">near-parabolic</a> orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers during the <i>NEOWISE</i> mission of the <a href="/wiki/Wide-field_Infrared_Survey_Explorer" title="Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer">Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer</a> (WISE) <a href="/wiki/Space_telescope" title="Space telescope">space telescope</a>. At that time, it was an <a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude#17" title="Apparent magnitude">18th-magnitude</a> object, located 2 AU (300 million km; 190 million mi) away from the Sun and 1.7 AU (250 million km; 160 million mi) away from Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEC2020-G05_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEC2020-G05-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NEOWISE is known for being the brightest comet in the northern hemisphere since <a href="/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp" title="Comet Hale–Bopp">Comet Hale–Bopp</a> in 1997.<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> It was widely photographed by professional and amateur observers and was even spotted by people living near city centers and areas with <a href="/wiki/Light_pollution" title="Light pollution">light pollution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While it was too close to the Sun to be observed at <a href="/wiki/Perihelion" class="mw-redirect" title="Perihelion">perihelion</a>, it emerged from perihelion around magnitude 0.5 to 1, making it bright enough to be visible to the <a href="/wiki/Naked_eye" title="Naked eye">naked eye</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under dark skies, it could be seen with the naked eye<sup id="cite_ref-Earthsky20200710_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Earthsky20200710-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and remained visible to the naked eye throughout July 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Yoshida_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yoshida-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By July 30, the comet was about <a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">magnitude</a> 5,<sup id="cite_ref-COBS_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COBS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when binoculars were required near <a href="/wiki/Urban_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban areas">urban areas</a> to locate the comet. </p><p>For observers in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>, the comet could be seen on the northwestern horizon, below the <a href="/wiki/Big_Dipper" title="Big Dipper">Big Dipper</a>. North of 45 degrees north, the comet was visible all night in mid-July 2020. On July 30, Comet NEOWISE entered the <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Coma_Berenices" title="Coma Berenices">Coma Berenices</a>, below the bright star <a href="/wiki/Arcturus" title="Arcturus">Arcturus</a>. </p><p>NEOWISE was retroactively dubbed the <b>Great Comet of 2020</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_observations">History and observations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comet_NEOWISE&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and observations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA23792-1600x1200(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/PIA23792-1600x1200%281%29.jpg/220px-PIA23792-1600x1200%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/PIA23792-1600x1200%281%29.jpg/330px-PIA23792-1600x1200%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/PIA23792-1600x1200%281%29.jpg/440px-PIA23792-1600x1200%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Discovery image – the comet appears as three fuzzy red dots in this composite of three infrared images taken by NEOWISE on March 27, 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>The object was discovered by a team using the <a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_Object_WISE" class="mw-redirect" title="Near-Earth Object WISE">WISE</a> space telescope under the NEOWISE program on March 27, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-discovery_date_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discovery_date-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was classified as a <a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comet</a> on March 31 and named after NEOWISE on April 1.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEC2020-G05_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEC2020-G05-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has the <a href="/wiki/Naming_of_comets" title="Naming of comets">systematic designation</a> C/2020 F3, indicating a non-periodic comet which was the third discovered in the <a href="/wiki/Half_month" class="mw-redirect" title="Half month">second half</a> of March 2020. </p><p>Comet NEOWISE made its closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) on July 3, 2020, at a distance of 0.29 AU (43 million km; 27 million mi). This passage through the planetary region increases the comet's <a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">orbital period</a> from about 4500 years to about 6800 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Horizons_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horizons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its closest approach to Earth occurred on July 23, 2020, 01:09 UT, at a distance of 0.69 AU (103 million km; 64 million mi) while located in the constellation of <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Horizons-CA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horizons-CA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early July, the comet could be seen in the morning sky just above the north-eastern horizon and below <a href="/wiki/Capella" title="Capella">Capella</a>. Seen from Earth, the comet was less than 20 degrees from the Sun between June 11 and July 9, 2020. By June 10, 2020, as the comet was being lost to the glare of the Sun, it was <a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">apparent magnitude</a> 7,<sup id="cite_ref-COBS_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COBS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when it was 0.7 AU (100 million km; 65 million mi) away from Sun and 1.6 AU (240 million km; 150 million mi) away from Earth. When the comet entered the field of view of the <a href="/wiki/Solar_and_Heliospheric_Observatory" title="Solar and Heliospheric Observatory">SOHO</a> spacecraft's <a href="/wiki/Large_Angle_and_Spectrometric_Coronagraph" title="Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph">LASCO C3</a> instrument on June 22, 2020, the comet had brightened to about magnitude 3, when it was 0.4 AU (60 million km; 37 million mi) away from the Sun and 1.4 AU (210 million km; 130 million mi) away from Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-COBS_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COBS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By early July, Comet NEOWISE had brightened to magnitude 1,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ATEL13853_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATEL13853-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> far exceeding the brightness attained by previous comets that year, <a href="/wiki/C/2020_F8_(SWAN)" title="C/2020 F8 (SWAN)">C/2020 F8 (SWAN)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/C/2019_Y4_(ATLAS)" title="C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)">C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)</a>. By July, it also had developed a second tail. The first tail was blue and made of <a href="/wiki/Volatile_(astrogeology)" title="Volatile (astrogeology)">gas and ions</a>. There was also a red separation in the tail caused by high amounts of sodium. The second twin tail was a golden color and was made of <a href="/wiki/Comet_dust" title="Comet dust">dust</a>, like the tail of <a href="/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp" title="Comet Hale–Bopp">Comet Hale–Bopp</a>.<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. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The comet was brighter than <a href="/wiki/C/2011_L4_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)">C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but not as bright as Hale–Bopp was in 1997. After perihelion, the comet began to fade, dropping to magnitude 2 in mid-July.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its nucleus activity subdued after mid-July, and its green coma was clearly visible after that. </p><p>On July 13, 2020, a sodium tail was confirmed by the Planetary Science Institute's Input/Output facility.<sup id="cite_ref-sodiumtail_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sodiumtail-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sodium tails have only been observed in very bright comets such as Hale–Bopp and <a href="/wiki/C/2012_S1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2012 S1">C/2012 S1 (ISON)</a>. </p><p>From the <a href="/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a> signature, the diameter of the <a href="/wiki/Comet_nucleus" title="Comet nucleus">comet nucleus</a> is estimated to be approximately 5 km (3 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-discovery_date_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discovery_date-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nucleus is similar in size to <a href="/wiki/Comet_Hyakutake" title="Comet Hyakutake">Comet Hyakutake</a> and many <a href="/wiki/Short-period_comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Short-period comet">short-period comets</a> such as <a href="/wiki/2P/Encke" class="mw-redirect" title="2P/Encke">2P/Encke</a>, <a href="/wiki/7P/Pons-Winnecke" class="mw-redirect" title="7P/Pons-Winnecke">7P/Pons-Winnecke</a>, <a href="/wiki/8P/Tuttle" title="8P/Tuttle">8P/Tuttle</a>, <a href="/wiki/14P/Wolf" title="14P/Wolf">14P/Wolf</a>, and <a href="/wiki/19P/Borrelly" title="19P/Borrelly">19P/Borrelly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SBDB_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBDB-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By July 5, NASA's <a href="/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe" title="Parker Solar Probe">Parker Solar Probe</a> had captured an image of the comet, from which astronomers also estimated the diameter of the comet nucleus at approximately 5 km (3 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in July 2020, other observations were also reported, including those related to coma morphology<sup id="cite_ref-AT-20200721_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AT-20200721-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and spectrographic emissions.<sup id="cite_ref-AT-20200722_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AT-20200722-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AT-20200726ak_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AT-20200726ak-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AT-20200809_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AT-20200809-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 July 2020, strong detection of OH 18-cm emission was observed in radio spectroscopic studies at the <a href="/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory" title="Arecibo Observatory">Arecibo Observatory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AT-20200825_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AT-20200825-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 14, 2020, the rotation period of the comet was reported to be "<span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7000758000000000000♠"></span>7.58<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.03 hr</span>".<sup id="cite_ref-AT-20200814_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AT-20200814-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After its perihelion and closest approach to Earth, a number of authors have suggested considering the comet a <a href="/wiki/Great_comet" title="Great comet">great comet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others have argued that it lacked the brightness and visible tail to qualify.<sup id="cite_ref-raocurtain_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-raocurtain-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Retroactively, in the years that followed, NEOWISE is commonly remembered as a great comet.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trajectory">Trajectory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comet_NEOWISE&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Trajectory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comet_NEOWISE&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Comet NEOWISE's retrograde orbit crossed to the north of the plane of the ecliptic, to which it is inclined at approximately 129 degrees, on June 29, 2020, 01:47 UT.<sup id="cite_ref-UT_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It made its closest approach to the Sun (<a href="/wiki/Perihelion" class="mw-redirect" title="Perihelion">perihelion</a>) on July 3, 2020, at a distance of 0.29 AU (43 million km; 27 million mi). This passage increases the comet's <a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">orbital period</a> from about 4400 years to about 6700 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Horizons_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horizons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 18, the comet peaked at a northern <a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">declination</a> of +48 and was circumpolar down to latitude 42N.<sup id="cite_ref-Horizons-CA_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horizons-CA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its closest approach to Earth occurred on July 23, 2020, 01:09 UT, at a distance of 0.69 AU (103 million km; 64 million mi) while located in the constellation of <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Horizons-CA_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horizons-CA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C_2020_F3_NEOWISE.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Diagram of the comet's nearly parabolic orbit"><img alt="Diagram of the comet's nearly parabolic orbit" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/C_2020_F3_NEOWISE.jpg/180px-C_2020_F3_NEOWISE.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/C_2020_F3_NEOWISE.jpg/270px-C_2020_F3_NEOWISE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/C_2020_F3_NEOWISE.jpg/360px-C_2020_F3_NEOWISE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Diagram of the comet's nearly parabolic orbit</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_2020_F3-skyview.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Comet's position in the sky – the retrograde loops are caused by parallax from Earth's annual motion around the Sun; the most apparent movement occurs when the comet is closest to Earth"><img alt="Comet's position in the sky – the retrograde loops are caused by parallax from Earth's annual motion around the Sun; the most apparent movement occurs when the comet is closest to Earth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Comet_2020_F3-skyview.png/171px-Comet_2020_F3-skyview.png" decoding="async" width="171" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Comet_2020_F3-skyview.png/256px-Comet_2020_F3-skyview.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Comet_2020_F3-skyview.png/341px-Comet_2020_F3-skyview.png 2x" data-file-width="6594" data-file-height="4644" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Comet's position in the sky – the retrograde loops are caused by parallax from Earth's annual motion around the Sun; the most apparent movement occurs when the comet is closest to Earth</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Animation_of_C%EF%BC%8F2020_F3_orbit_around_Sun.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Animation of C/2020 F3's orbit around Sun   C/2020 F3  ·   Sun ·   Mercury ·   Venus ·   Earth ·   Mars"><img alt="Animation of C/2020 F3's orbit around Sun   C/2020 F3  ·   Sun ·   Mercury ·   Venus ·   Earth ·   Mars" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Animation_of_C%EF%BC%8F2020_F3_orbit_around_Sun.gif/160px-Animation_of_C%EF%BC%8F2020_F3_orbit_around_Sun.gif" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Animation_of_C%EF%BC%8F2020_F3_orbit_around_Sun.gif/240px-Animation_of_C%EF%BC%8F2020_F3_orbit_around_Sun.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Animation_of_C%EF%BC%8F2020_F3_orbit_around_Sun.gif/320px-Animation_of_C%EF%BC%8F2020_F3_orbit_around_Sun.gif 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="420" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Animation of C/2020 F3's orbit around Sun<br /><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="background-color:magenta; color:black;"> </span> C/2020 F3 </span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:yellow; color:black;"> </span> Sun</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Cyan; color:black;"> </span> Mercury</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Gold; color:black;"> </span> Venus</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:RoyalBlue; color:white;"> </span> Earth</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:OrangeRed; color:black;"> </span> Mars</span></div> </li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comet_NEOWISE&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Comet NEOWISE served as the model for depicting the fictional comet Dibiasky on the 2021 film <i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Up" title="Don't Look Up">Don't Look Up</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-netflix1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-netflix1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-universetoday1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-universetoday1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comet_NEOWISE&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In chronological order: </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Golden_Gate_Bridge_and_Comet_C2020_F3_NEOWISE_and.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="July 7, 2020, Golden Gate Bridge, California, United States"><img alt="July 7, 2020, Golden Gate Bridge, California, United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/The_Golden_Gate_Bridge_and_Comet_C2020_F3_NEOWISE_and.jpg/180px-The_Golden_Gate_Bridge_and_Comet_C2020_F3_NEOWISE_and.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/The_Golden_Gate_Bridge_and_Comet_C2020_F3_NEOWISE_and.jpg/270px-The_Golden_Gate_Bridge_and_Comet_C2020_F3_NEOWISE_and.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/The_Golden_Gate_Bridge_and_Comet_C2020_F3_NEOWISE_and.jpg/360px-The_Golden_Gate_Bridge_and_Comet_C2020_F3_NEOWISE_and.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5274" data-file-height="3516" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">July 7, 2020, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge" title="Golden Gate Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a>, California, United States</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_Neowise_C-2020_F3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Inverted telescope image photographed on July 9, 2020"><img alt="Inverted telescope image photographed on July 9, 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Comet_Neowise_C-2020_F3.jpg/150px-Comet_Neowise_C-2020_F3.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Comet_Neowise_C-2020_F3.jpg/225px-Comet_Neowise_C-2020_F3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Comet_Neowise_C-2020_F3.jpg/300px-Comet_Neowise_C-2020_F3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3388" data-file-height="2712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Inverted telescope image photographed on July 9, 2020</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_NEOWISE_(50155614036).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="July 14, 2020 near the San Francisco Peaks in the Flagstaff dark sky preserve"><img alt="July 14, 2020 near the San Francisco Peaks in the Flagstaff dark sky preserve" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Comet_NEOWISE_%2850155614036%29.jpg/180px-Comet_NEOWISE_%2850155614036%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Comet_NEOWISE_%2850155614036%29.jpg/270px-Comet_NEOWISE_%2850155614036%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Comet_NEOWISE_%2850155614036%29.jpg/360px-Comet_NEOWISE_%2850155614036%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7360" data-file-height="4912" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">July 14, 2020 near the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Peaks" title="San Francisco Peaks">San Francisco Peaks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Flagstaff,_Arizona#Dark_Sky_City" title="Flagstaff, Arizona">Flagstaff dark sky preserve</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NEOWISE_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%86%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_0551.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="July 17, 2020, 18:59 UTC over Asterousia, Crete, as it entered into Ursa Major"><img alt="July 17, 2020, 18:59 UTC over Asterousia, Crete, as it entered into Ursa Major" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/NEOWISE_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%86%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_0551.jpg/90px-NEOWISE_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%86%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_0551.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/NEOWISE_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%86%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_0551.jpg/135px-NEOWISE_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%86%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_0551.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/NEOWISE_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%86%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_0551.jpg/180px-NEOWISE_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%86%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_0551.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4608" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">July 17, 2020, 18:59 UTC over <a href="/wiki/Asterousia" title="Asterousia">Asterousia</a>, Crete, as it entered into Ursa Major</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_C2020_NEOWISE_17-07-2020_La_Canada_observatory.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Comet C2020 NEOWISE 17-07-2020 20:51:57 UTC La Canada observatory"><img alt="Comet C2020 NEOWISE 17-07-2020 20:51:57 UTC La Canada observatory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Comet_C2020_NEOWISE_17-07-2020_La_Canada_observatory.png/129px-Comet_C2020_NEOWISE_17-07-2020_La_Canada_observatory.png" decoding="async" width="129" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Comet_C2020_NEOWISE_17-07-2020_La_Canada_observatory.png/193px-Comet_C2020_NEOWISE_17-07-2020_La_Canada_observatory.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Comet_C2020_NEOWISE_17-07-2020_La_Canada_observatory.png/257px-Comet_C2020_NEOWISE_17-07-2020_La_Canada_observatory.png 2x" data-file-width="2926" data-file-height="2730" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Comet C2020 NEOWISE 17-07-2020 20:51:57 UTC La Canada observatory</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_comet_C_2020_F3_NEOWISE_set.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Midnight, July 18, 2020 – in a time-lapse taken from the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, U.S. the view was rotating because the lens was on a tracking mount"><img alt="Midnight, July 18, 2020 – in a time-lapse taken from the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, U.S. the view was rotating because the lens was on a tracking mount" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_comet_C_2020_F3_NEOWISE_set.gif/200px-The_comet_C_2020_F3_NEOWISE_set.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_comet_C_2020_F3_NEOWISE_set.gif/300px-The_comet_C_2020_F3_NEOWISE_set.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_comet_C_2020_F3_NEOWISE_set.gif/400px-The_comet_C_2020_F3_NEOWISE_set.gif 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Midnight, July 18, 2020 – in a time-lapse taken from the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, U.S. the view was rotating because the lens was on a tracking mount</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chimney_Rock_NEOWISE.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Above Chimney Rock on July 18, 2020"><img alt="Above Chimney Rock on July 18, 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Chimney_Rock_NEOWISE.jpg/180px-Chimney_Rock_NEOWISE.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Chimney_Rock_NEOWISE.jpg/270px-Chimney_Rock_NEOWISE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Chimney_Rock_NEOWISE.jpg/360px-Chimney_Rock_NEOWISE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2001" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Above <a href="/wiki/Chimney_Rock_National_Historic_Site" title="Chimney Rock National Historic Site">Chimney Rock</a> on July 18, 2020</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C2020_F3_NEOWISE_-_20200720.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="July 19, 2020 in Villanovaforru (Sardinia, Italy)"><img alt="July 19, 2020 in Villanovaforru (Sardinia, Italy)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/C2020_F3_NEOWISE_-_20200720.jpg/192px-C2020_F3_NEOWISE_-_20200720.jpg" decoding="async" width="192" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/C2020_F3_NEOWISE_-_20200720.jpg/288px-C2020_F3_NEOWISE_-_20200720.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/C2020_F3_NEOWISE_-_20200720.jpg/383px-C2020_F3_NEOWISE_-_20200720.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5104" data-file-height="3198" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">July 19, 2020 in <a href="/wiki/Villanovaforru" title="Villanovaforru">Villanovaforru</a> (Sardinia, Italy)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_NEOWISE_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="NEOWISE from the Eastern Sierra Mountains – July 20, 2020"><img alt="NEOWISE from the Eastern Sierra Mountains – July 20, 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Comet_NEOWISE_2020.jpg/177px-Comet_NEOWISE_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="177" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Comet_NEOWISE_2020.jpg/265px-Comet_NEOWISE_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Comet_NEOWISE_2020.jpg/353px-Comet_NEOWISE_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7796" data-file-height="5297" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">NEOWISE from the Eastern Sierra Mountains – July 20, 2020</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2020-07-21_-_Neowise_-_D_Rousseau.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="July 21, 2020 in Quebec, Canada"><img alt="July 21, 2020 in Quebec, Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/2020-07-21_-_Neowise_-_D_Rousseau.jpg/179px-2020-07-21_-_Neowise_-_D_Rousseau.jpg" decoding="async" width="179" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/2020-07-21_-_Neowise_-_D_Rousseau.jpg/268px-2020-07-21_-_Neowise_-_D_Rousseau.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/2020-07-21_-_Neowise_-_D_Rousseau.jpg/358px-2020-07-21_-_Neowise_-_D_Rousseau.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6791" data-file-height="4558" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">July 21, 2020 in <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_Neowise_over_Joshua_Tree_National_Park.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Joshua Tree National Park, a dark-sky preserve, on July 21, 2020"><img alt="Joshua Tree National Park, a dark-sky preserve, on July 21, 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Comet_Neowise_over_Joshua_Tree_National_Park.png/180px-Comet_Neowise_over_Joshua_Tree_National_Park.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Comet_Neowise_over_Joshua_Tree_National_Park.png/270px-Comet_Neowise_over_Joshua_Tree_National_Park.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Comet_Neowise_over_Joshua_Tree_National_Park.png/360px-Comet_Neowise_over_Joshua_Tree_National_Park.png 2x" data-file-width="5928" data-file-height="3952" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Tree_National_Park" title="Joshua Tree National Park">Joshua Tree National Park</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Dark-sky_preserve" title="Dark-sky preserve">dark-sky preserve</a>, on July 21, 2020</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stellar_Movement_of_Celestial_Bodies.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Time lapse from Balikesir, Turkey on July 22, 2020"><img alt="Time lapse from Balikesir, Turkey on July 22, 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Stellar_Movement_of_Celestial_Bodies.gif/67px-Stellar_Movement_of_Celestial_Bodies.gif" decoding="async" width="67" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Stellar_Movement_of_Celestial_Bodies.gif/101px-Stellar_Movement_of_Celestial_Bodies.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Stellar_Movement_of_Celestial_Bodies.gif/135px-Stellar_Movement_of_Celestial_Bodies.gif 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Time lapse from <a href="/wiki/Balikesir" class="mw-redirect" title="Balikesir">Balikesir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> on July 22, 2020</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CometC2020F3-Neowise-20200716.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Hubble image 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft#List_of_comets_visited_by_spacecraft" title="List of minor planets and 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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%; 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/C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)" title="C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)">Tsuchinshan–ATLAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_West" title="Comet West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_White%E2%80%93Ortiz%E2%80%93Bolelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli">White–Ortiz–Bolelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1961_O1_(Wilson-Hubbard)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)">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_Yi%E2%80%93SWAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Yi–SWAN">Yi–SWAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Zhu%E2%80%93Balam" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Zhu–Balam">Zhu–Balam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF)" title="C/2022 E3 (ZTF)">ZTF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" 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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_asteroid_close_approaches_to_Earth_in_2020" title="List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2020">Asteroid close approaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/594913_%EA%9E%8CAyl%C3%B3%EA%9E%8Cchaxnim" title="594913 ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim">594913 ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_BX12" title="2020 BX12">2020 BX<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">12</span></span></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_CW" title="2020 CW">2020 CW</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_CD3" title="2020 CD3">2020 CD<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">3</span></span></a></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Temporary_satellite" title="Temporary satellite">temporary satellite</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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ES4">2011 ES<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">4</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_VP1" title="2018 VP1">2018 VP<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">1</span></span></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_SO" title="2020 SO">2020 SO</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Space_debris" title="Space debris">space debris</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_SW" title="2020 SW">2020 SW</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_SL1" title="2020 SL1">2020 SL<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">1</span></span></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_UA" title="2020 UA">2020 UA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_VV" title="2020 VV">2020 VV</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_VT4" title="2020 VT4">2020 VT<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">4</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(153201)_2000_WO107" title="(153201) 2000 WO107">(153201) 2000 WO<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">107</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(501647)_2014_SD224" title="(501647) 2014 SD224">(501647) 2014 SD<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">224</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(614689)_2020_XL5" title="(614689) 2020 XL5">(614689) 2020 XL<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">5</span></span></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_exoplanets_discovered_in_2020" title="List of exoplanets discovered in 2020">Exoplanets</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Category:Exoplanets_discovered_in_2020" title="Category:Exoplanets discovered 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Ac">Ac</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_433" title="Gliese 433">Gliese 433</a> <ul><li>b</li> <li>c</li> <li>d</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GJ_1151" title="GJ 1151">GJ 1151</a> b radio emissions</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K2-315b" title="K2-315b">K2-315b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-1649c" title="Kepler-1649c">Kepler-1649c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOI-456.04" class="mw-redirect" title="KOI-456.04">KOI-456.04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacaille_9352#Planetary_system" title="Lacaille 9352">Lacaille 9352</a> <ul><li>b</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacaille_9352_c" title="Lacaille 9352 c">c</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M51-ULS-1b" class="mw-redirect" title="M51-ULS-1b">M51-ULS-1b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OGLE-2016-BLG-1928" title="OGLE-2016-BLG-1928">OGLE-2016-BLG-1928</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(rogue planet)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tau_Ceti" title="Tau Ceti">Tau Ceti</a> j <span style="font-size:85%;">(predicted)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-561" title="TOI-561">TOI-561</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TOI-561_b" title="TOI-561 b">b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-561#TOI-561_c" title="TOI-561">c</a></li> <li>d</li> <li>e</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-700#Planetary_system" title="TOI-700">TOI-700</a> <ul><li>b</li> <li>c</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-700_d" title="TOI-700 d">d</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI_732#Planetary_system" class="mw-redirect" title="TOI 732">TOI-732</a> <ul><li>b</li> <li>c</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-1338_b" title="TOI-1338 b">TOI-1338 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_191939#Planetary_system" title="HD 191939">TOI-1339</a> <ul><li>b</li> <li>c</li> <li>d</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YSES_1#Planetary_system" title="YSES 1">TYC 8998-760-1 c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WD_1856%2B534" title="WD 1856+534">WD 1856+534 b</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discoveries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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293B">PHL 293B</a> ending of P Cygni profile hydrogen emission lines</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swift_J1818.0%E2%80%931607" title="Swift J1818.0–1607">Swift J1818.0–1607</a> (young magnetar)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GW190814" title="GW190814">GW190814</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(announced)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Pole_Wall" title="South Pole Wall">South Pole Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GW190521" title="GW190521">GW190521</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(announced)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phosphine" title="Phosphine">Phosphine</a> detection in the <a href="/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Venus" title="Atmosphere of Venus">atmosphere of Venus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_water" title="Lunar water">Water</a> detection on the sunlit surface of the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comets <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Category:Comets_in_2020" title="Category:Comets in 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