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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
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.
Sketch of the comet as it was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on 19 December 1865.
Hyakutake Color
Hyakutake Color
Horace Parnell Tuttle
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Horace Parnell Tuttle was an American astronomer, an American Civil War veteran and brother of astronomer Charles Wesley Tuttle.
55P/Tempel–Tuttle
…definition of a Halley-type comet with a period of between 20 and 200 years. It 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…
H. P. Tuttle, c. 1862
H. P. Tuttle, c. 1862
H. P. Tuttle, c. 1866
H. P. Tuttle, c. 1866
H. P. Tuttle, 1888 (USNO)
H. P. Tuttle, 1888 (USNO)