Comets · 2
Sungrazing Comets
Comets that skim the Sun at perihelion, most of them members of the Kreutz family.
- Ikeya–SekiC/1965
One of the brightest comets of the past thousand years — a Kreutz sungrazer that became visible in daylight near the Sun in October 1965.
TypeKreutz sungrazerDiscovered1965Great cometYes - LovejoyC/2011
A Kreutz sungrazing comet that unexpectedly survived a passage through the Sun's corona in December 2011, emerging to display a bright tail.
TypeKreutz sungrazerDiscovered2011