55P/Tempel–Tuttle
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55P/Tempel–Tuttle is a retrograde periodic comet with an orbital period of 33 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with a period of between 20 and 200 years. It was independe
Comet Tempel–Tuttle photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope on 9 January 1998
Sketch of the comet as it was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on 19 December 1865.
Hyakutake Color
Meteor shower
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A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called me
55P/Tempel–Tuttle
…was independently discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on 19 December 1865, and by Horace Parnell Tuttle on 6 January 1866. It is the parent body of the Leonid meteor shower. In 1699, it was observed by Gottfried Kirch, however it was not recognized as a periodic comet until the discoveries by Tempel and Tuttle during the…
Eta Aquariids meteor shower, with zodiacal light and planets marked and labeled
Diagram from 1872
Meteor shower on chart
Comet Encke's meteoroid trail is the diagonal red glow.