Those that do not survive the encounter.
Generally, names given by their discoverers do not last because they, as objects, do not survive. Exceptional cases occur. Halley and Shoemaker-Levy for instance.
Many, many objects in our solar system collide with the sun.
So the closest are those that collide and are consumed by the sun
No. Comets orbit the sun.
comets orbit the sun
Comets don't orbit a planet, they orbit the sun.
No. Comets orbit the sun. Many asteroids orbit the sun in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Yes, some comets have been observed to orbit Jupiter. These comets can either be captured by Jupiter's gravity and become temporary moons, or have their orbits altered by Jupiter's gravitational pull.
Comets go around the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
no only comets.
No. Comets are not moons as they orbit the sun, not planets.
They both orbit the sun.
False. While most comets orbit the Sun in the same direction as the planets (counterclockwise when viewed from above Earth's North Pole), there are exceptions. Some comets have retrograde orbits, meaning they orbit in the opposite direction of the planets.
The sun.
the asteroid belt, the kuiper belt, and the oort cloud.