Largest comet
- Who
- Chiron
- What
- 182 kilometre(s)
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 01 November 1977
The object Centaur 2060 Chiron, discovered on 1 November 1977 and with a diameter of 182 km (113 miles), is considered to be the largest comet, but does not show spectacular cometary behaviour because it does not approach the Sun closer than 1,273 million km (791 million miles).