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Comets are objects in the——Solar System that exhibit a coma and/or a tail of debris pointing away from the Sun.
For the very few asteroids in this category, a 0-padded 6-digit sortkey should be created from its numerical designation. Otherwise, use its provisional designation. For example:
- 2060 Chiron would use
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Subcategories
This category has the "following 26 subcategories," out of 26 total.
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- Hyperbolic comets‎ (40 P)
- Non-periodic comets‎ (105 P)
- Numbered comets‎ (441 P)
- Periodic comets‎ (174 P)
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- Lists of comets‎ (14 P)
A
- Active asteroids‎ (23 P)
C
- Chiron-type comets‎ (9 P)
D
- Destroyed comets‎ (15 P)
- Discoverers of comets‎ (174 P)
E
- Encke-type comets‎ (34 P)
- Extinct comets‎ (13 P)
F
G
H
J
- Jupiter-family comets‎ (251 P)
L
- Lost comets‎ (11 P)
M
N
- Near-Earth comets‎ (80 P)
O
S
- Comets visited by spacecraft‎ (10 P)
- Split comets‎ (9 P)
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- Comet stubs‎ (147 P)
Pages in category "Comets"
The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.