55P/Tempel–Tuttle
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| Orbital period | 33 years |
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| Radius | 1. 8 km |
| Discovered | December 19, 1865 |
| Meteor shower spawned | Leonids |
| Aphelion | 19. 6924 AU |
| Discoverers | Wilhelm Tempel |
| Horace Parnell Tuttle | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3066258 |
About 55P/Tempel–Tuttle
55P/Tempel–Tuttle is a 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 19, 1865, and by Horace Parnell Tuttle on January 6, 1866.
