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Near-parabolic comets are comets whose orbits are close to parabolic, indicating that they are on the verge of escaping the Sun's gravitational influence. These comets typically have orbital eccentricities close to 1, which means their paths are elongated but not quite sufficient to be classified as hyperbolic (eccentricity greater than 1).

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