Comet Swift–Tuttle (formally designated 109P/Swift–Tuttle) is a large periodic comet with a 1995 (osculating) orbital period of 133 years that is in a...
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The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August. The meteors are...
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Tempel-Tuttle. A graph from it was adapted and re-published in Sky and Telescope. It showed relative positions of the Earth and Tempel-Tuttle and marks...
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Swift-Tuttle Halley Earth, Eros, Saltis, Mars, Sun, Mercury, Venus Jupiter Saturn and 5025 PL Uranus Neptune Pluto and Charon Ixion Eris Sedna Termination...
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Leonid meteor shower, discovered by Tuttle January 6, 1866), and 109P/Swift-Tuttle (parent body of the Perseid meteor shower, disc. July 19, 1862), the...
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Browser for C/1999 U2 (SOHO) JPL Small-Body Database Browser for Comet Swift–Tuttle JPL Small-Body Database Browser for C/2001 OG108 (Close approach uncertainty:...
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Swift discovered or co-discovered a number of comets, including periodic comets 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR, 64P/Swift-Gehrels, and 109P/Swift-Tuttle (parent...
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medium Perseids 17 Jul – 24 Aug 12 Aug 140.0 3.2 +58 59 100 bright 109P/Swift-Tuttle Kappa Cygnids 3 Aug – 28 Aug 17 Aug 144 19.1 +59 23 3 medium undiscovered...
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Astro.ukho.gov.uk (May 3, 2011). Retrieved on January 19, 2014. "109P/Swift-Tuttle Orbit". Minor Planet Center. "Occultation – Mutual planetary transits...
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dust cloud Perseids, a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle HMS Perseus, any of several ships of the Royal Navy USNS Perseus (T-AF-64)...
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