Comet Tempel-Tuttle (55P/Tempel-Tuttle)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5242. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Solar System, Comets

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A short-period comet discovered independently by Ernst Tempel in December 1865 and by Horace Tuttle in January 1866. It was determined to have a period of around 33 years. Studies by Giovanni Schiaparelli showed a very close match between the orbital elements of the comet and those of the Leonid meteor stream, which had produced a spectacular meteor storm in November 1866; this was the first succ...

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