Damocloids are a class of minor planets such as 5335 Damocles and 1996 PW that have Halley-type or long-period highly eccentric orbits typical of periodic comets such as Halley's Comet, but without showing a cometary coma or tail. David C. Jewitt defines a damocloid as an object with a Jupiter Tisserand invariant (T<sub>J</sub>) of 2 or less,

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  • A first look at the Damocloids, David Jewitt, January 2005
  • Damocloid family, David J. Darling