Interstellar Objects 3I/ATLAS Interstellar Comets Characteristics Observation 3I/Atlas Halley's Comet Discovery Visibility Swift-Tuttle Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle Comet Lemmon Observation Techniques Composition Comet Swift-Tuttle C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS C/2023 A3 C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) Comet Behavior Orbital Mechanics Observations Comet Encke Historical Context Comet 3I/ATLAS Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle Periodic Comets Tsuchinshan-ATLAS C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) Trajectory 31/ATLAS Comet Characteristics Comet Composition Chemical Composition 3i/Atlas 55P/Tempel-Tuttle C/2025 A6 Lemmon Characteristics of Comets Observational Techniques Research 12P/Pons-Brooks 109P/Swift-Tuttle Comet Thatcher Comet ATLAS Tempel-Tuttle Oort Cloud Origin Comet Halley Comet C/2023 A3 Historical Discoveries C/2025 R2 (SWAN) Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Comet 96P/Machholz Long-Period Comets Tsuchinshan-Atlas 8P/Tuttle C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas Historical Comets Swift-Tuttle Comet Sungrazers Comet Discovery Impact Events Comet 1P/Halley C/2014 UN271 Natural Comets Meteor Showers Physical Properties C/2025 R2 SWAN Dark Comets Comet 96P Machholz Planetary Defense Kreutz Sungrazers 96P/Machholz C/2025 A6 Public Interest Brightness Behavior C/2024 S1 Space Exploration C/2024 G3 3I Atlas Sungrazing Comets Encke's Comet Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Visible Comets Parent Comets Appearance C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) Fragmentation Comet 31/ATLAS Comet A3 C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS Solar System Public Engagement Kreutz Comets C/2025 K1 ATLAS Photography 1/P Halley
Uneven jets of gas likely torqued the comet’s unusually small nucleus, offering a clue to why many tiny comets vanish quickly.
