8P/Tuttle
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8P/Tuttle is a periodic comet with a 13.6-year orbit. It fits the classical definition of a Jupiter-family comet with an orbital period of less than 20 years, but does not fit the modern definition of
Tuttle's Comet and the Triangulum Galaxy photographed from Mount Laguna, California on December 30, 2007
8P/Tuttle on December 3, 2007 from Mount Laguna, California
8P/Tuttle about 1.2 degrees from M33 on December 30, 2007.
8P/Tuttle on Feb 2, 2008 from the Red Sea coast of Egypt.
Ursids
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The Ursid meteor activity begins annually around December 17 and runs for over a week, until the 25th or 26th. This meteor shower is named for its radiant point, which is located near the star Beta Ur
8P/Tuttle
…million km) from Earth which is about as far from Earth as the comet can get when the comet is near perihelion. Comet 8P/Tuttle is responsible for the Ursid meteor shower in late December. Under dark skies, the comet was a naked-eye object. On December 30, 2007, it was in close conjunction with the Triangulum…
Ursa Minor with the radiant of the Ursids marked in red