55P/Tempel–Tuttle
Comet
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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 independently discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on December... Wikipedia
Meteor shower spawned: Leonids
Orbital period: 33.83 yr
Discoverers: Horace Parnell Tuttle and Wilhelm Tempel
Discovered: December 19, 1865
Radius: 1.1185 mi
Perihelion: 0.9644 AU
Earth MOID: 0.008 AU (1,200,000 km)