Solar System: Comets
This page contains data files, textures, models and other files related to comets.
Note: Many full-surface maps have gaps (based on current scientific data) that have been filled in with imaginary data. |
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Comets: Data Files and Models | ||||
Screenshot | File | Size | Creator | Info |
Comet Texture JPG |
502K |
Bob Hegwood Paul Roberts |
This is simply a revised (and hopefully better) comet texture. | |
9P / Tempel 1 SSC/XYZ |
16K |
Jack Higgins |
Comet Tempel 1. | |
Catalog of comets SSC |
12K |
Dirl |
Catalog of periodic (and other) comets. | |
Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P) CMOD/SSC/XYZV |
9.8M |
FarGetaNik |
Rosetta's comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko with a detailed 3D-model and sampled orbit. | |
Halley's Comet 3DS |
141K |
Jack Higgins |
Halley's Comet 3DS model (for older versions of Celestia.) | |
Halley's comet XYZ |
503K |
Chris O'Byrne |
Halley's comet XYZ file, covering the period 261 BCE to 2380 CE. | |
Holmes (17P) SSC |
1.6K |
Adirondack |
Comet Holmes 17P. | |
Impactors CMS/JPG/SSC |
36K |
Diane Neisius (Medusa) |
Impact Comets. | |
ISON C/2012 S1 SSC |
2.2K |
Adirondack Guillermo Abramson |
Comet ISON | |
Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) SSC |
2.5K |
Adirondack |
Comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy). The comet's perihelion took it through the Sun's corona on 16 December 2011 at 00:35 UTC. | |
Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) SSC |
2.3K |
Adirondack |
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). The comet's perihelion took it through the Sun's corona on 30 January 2015 | |
Machholz (C/2004 Q2) SSC |
1.5K |
Adirondack |
Comet Machholz C/2002 Q2. | |
McNaught (C/2006 P1) SSC |
1.4K |
Adirondack |
Comet McNaught C/2006 P1. | |
Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 / 73P SSC |
1.6K |
Adirondack |
Visible components of 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (B/C/G/R) in 2006. | |
Shoemaker-Levy 9 SSC/XYZ |
781K |
Jack Higgins |
Coordinates for all 21 fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. | |
Wild 2 SSC |
3.7K |
Selden Ball |
Comet Wild 2. Please use a Right-Click and "Save As" to download. | |
Wild 2 - Updated XYZ File SSC/XYZ |
176K |
Jack Higgins |
Comet Wild 2 Updated Trajectory data. | |