Comet Swift-Tuttle was discovered on July 16, 1862 by astronomers Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle independently.
Comet Swift-Tuttle
every 133 years
The comet responsible for the Leonids meteor shower is Comet Tempel-Tuttle, which takes about 33 years to complete one orbit around the sun. When Earth passes through the debris trail left behind by this comet, we experience the annual Leonids meteor shower.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Biela and Jean-Louis Pons independently observed Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle (also known as Biela's Comet) in 1772. However, it was Michel Giacobini who discovered Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner in 1900.
Comet Swift-Tuttle was discovered on July 16, 1862 by astronomers Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle independently.
Comet Swift-Tuttle
the diameter of comet halley is 15 km x 7km x 7km
every 133 years
COMET HALE-BOPP, COMET SWIFT-TUTTLE, COMET HYAKUTAKE, COMET HALLEY, and COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9
The comet responsible for the Leonids meteor shower is Comet Tempel-Tuttle, which takes about 33 years to complete one orbit around the sun. When Earth passes through the debris trail left behind by this comet, we experience the annual Leonids meteor shower.
On Earth meteor showers occur when we pass through dirt in space, usually from the debris or remains of a comet's tail. Any planet that passes through a dirty part of space and then has that dirt burn out above it will be a place that you can see meteor showers.
the next one is set to cycle on July 12, 2126
Friedrich Wilhelm von Biela and Jean-Louis Pons independently observed Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle (also known as Biela's Comet) in 1772. However, it was Michel Giacobini who discovered Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner in 1900.
Comet Swift-Tuttle is a periodic comet with a nucleus primarily composed of rock, dust, water ice, and frozen gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane. When the comet approaches the Sun, these materials heat up and form a glowing coma and long tail as they are expelled into space.
Comet Temple-Tuttle has an eccentricity of approximately 0.96. This means its orbit is highly elongated, with the comet coming close to the sun at perihelion and traveling far out into the solar system at aphelion.
Comet HALE-BOPPComet SWIFT-TUTTLE (1992)Comet HYAKUTAKEComet HALLEYMost comets are "famous" because they provide viewable tails, and because they reappear on a regular schedule, or after a period of years.