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8P/Tuttle

8P/Tuttle

Comet
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. Wikipedia
Discovered: January 5, 1858
Dimensions: 4.5 km contact binary
Orbits: Sun
Discovered by: Horace Parnell Tuttle
Perihelion: 1.026 AU