Comet Swift–Tuttle
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Comet Swift–Tuttle is a large periodic comet with a 1995 orbital period of 133 years that is in a 1:11 orbital resonance with Jupiter. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet, which has an orbital period between 20 and 200 years. Wikipedia
Orbital period: 133.28 yr; 133y 7m (perihelion to perihelion)
Discoverers: Horace Parnell Tuttle and Lewis A. Swift
Radius: 8.0778 mi
Meteor shower spawned: Perseids
Discovered: July 16, 1862
Last perihelion: December 11, 1992
Location: constellation of Hydra
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