{"dataset":{"slug":"comet-classes","title":"Comet Classes","description":"Dynamical classes of comets — Jupiter-family, Halley-type, long-period, sungrazing, and main-belt.","version":"1.0.0","lastGenerated":"2026-06-29","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","entityCount":5,"sources":["nasa","jpl"]},"entities":[{"id":"comet_class:halley-type","name":"Halley-Type Comets","type":"comet_class","domain":"science","description":"Periodic comets with orbits of decades to a couple of centuries, named for their prototype, Halley's Comet.","entryPath":"/comets/class/halley-type"},{"id":"comet_class:jupiter-family","name":"Jupiter-Family Comets","type":"comet_class","domain":"science","description":"The most numerous class of periodic comets, whose orbits are shepherded by Jupiter and which originate in the scattered disc beyond Neptune.","entryPath":"/comets/class/jupiter-family"},{"id":"comet_class:long-period","name":"Long-Period Comets","type":"comet_class","domain":"science","description":"Comets on enormous orbits reaching deep into the outer Solar System, arriving from the Oort cloud after millions of years — the source of most great comets.","entryPath":"/comets/class/long-period"},{"id":"comet_class:main-belt-comet","name":"Main-Belt Comets","type":"comet_class","domain":"science","description":"Objects that orbit within the asteroid belt yet develop tails or comae — a blurring of the traditional line between asteroids and comets, and a possible reservoir of water.","entryPath":"/comets/class/main-belt-comet"},{"id":"comet_class:sungrazing","name":"Sungrazing Comets","type":"comet_class","domain":"science","description":"Comets whose orbits carry them through the Sun's outer atmosphere; most disintegrate, though a few survive. Many belong to the Kreutz family and are discovered by solar observatories.","entryPath":"/comets/class/sungrazing"}]}