55P/Tempel–Tuttle (commonly known as Comet Tempel–Tuttle) is a retrograde periodic comet with an orbital period of 33 years. It fits the classical definition...
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Tempel was born at Niedercunnersdorf, Saxony. He was a prolific discoverer of comets, discovering or co-discovering 21 in all, including Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle...
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typically closer than Jupiter's orbit. Due to the retrograde orbit of 55P/Tempel–Tuttle, the Leonids are fast moving streams which encounter the path of Earth...
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at Earth's orbit. They studied the dust ejected in 1866 by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle before the anticipated Leonid shower return of 1898 and 1899. Meteor...
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Horace Tuttle discovered or co-discovered numerous comets, including 55P/Tempel-Tuttle (parent body of the Leonid meteor shower, discovered by Tuttle January...
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original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2017. "Horizons Batch for 55P/Tempel-Tuttle (90000621) at 2031-May-20 23:45:52" (Perihelion occurs when rdot flips...
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11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR (a.k.a. 11P/1869 W1, 1869 III, 1869c, 11P/1880 T1, 1880 IV, 1880e, 1891 V, 1891d, 1908 II, 1908d, 11P/2001 X3) 55P/Tempel-Tuttle (a...
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109P/Swift-Tuttle (a.k.a. 109P/-68 Q1, 109P/188 O1, 109P/1737 N1, 1737 II, 109P/1862 O1, 1862 III, 109P/1992 S2, 1992 XXVIII, 1992t) 55P/Tempel-Tuttle (a.k...
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2004 TG10 Leonids 6 Nov – 30 Nov 17 Nov 235.27 10.1 +22 71 10 bright 55P/Tempel–Tuttle Alpha Monocerotids 15 Nov – 25 Nov 21 Nov 239.32 7.8 +1 65 variable...
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such as the Leonids, which are associated with the retrograde comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle) the combined speed may reach about 71 km/s (160,000 mph) (see Specific...
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Earth-MOID less than 0.05 AU. Known PHCs include: 109P/Swift-Tuttle, 55P/Tempel–Tuttle, 15P/Finlay, 289P/Blanpain, 255P/Levy, 206P/Barnard–Boattini,...
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as well as plans to fly within several million kilometers of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle on February 28, 1998, were cancelled. "Suisei". NASA Space Science...
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III of Sicily forbids decorations on synagogues. October 26 – Comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle passes 0.0229 AU (3,430,000 km; 2,130,000 mi) from Earth. War continues...
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confirmed in 1867, when astronomers found that the newly discovered comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle has the same orbit as the Leonids. The first near-Earth asteroid to...
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successfully predicted the 1992 return of the once-lost periodic comet Swift–Tuttle. There are a number of reasons why a comet might be missed by astronomers...
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globular cluster M 5 (5 May 1702). In 1699, he had observed comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle but this observation was not recognized until later analysis by Joachim...
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Hyakutake and many short-period comets such as 2P/Encke, 7P/Pons-Winnecke, 8P/Tuttle, 14P/Wolf, and 19P/Borrelly. By July 5, NASA's Parker Solar Probe had captured...
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Comet 1985-001A 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Sakigake ISAS 1998 flyby failure 55P/Tempel-Tuttle Suisei ISAS 1998 flyby failure abandoned due to lack of fuel; previously...
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283,000 km/h (78.66 km/s). Both Halley's Comet (254,000 km/h) and 55P/Tempel-Tuttle (252,800 km/h) have slightly lower relative velocities to Earth. Note...
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"definitive orbit" for the Leonids coincided with that of the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle and thereby suggested the, later widely accepted, close relationship...
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Schiaparelli deduced the identity of their orbit with that of Tempel's Comet of 1866, 55P/Tempel–Tuttle. In 1864 and 1873 he observed the bright green colour...
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III of Sicily forbids decorations on synagogues. October 26 – Comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle passes 0.0229 AU (3,430,000 km; 2,130,000 mi) from Earth. War continues...
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plate taken on 17 August 1963 during a search for the lost comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle and confirmed by Elizabeth Roemer at the US Naval Observatory Flagstaff...
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000 km; 46,000 mi; 0.19 LD) 109P/Swift-Tuttle 1995 0.0009 AU (130,000 km; 84,000 mi; 0.35 LD) 55P/Tempel–Tuttle 1998 0.0085 AU (1,270,000 km; 790,000 mi;...
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time of any comet in 200 years; only Lexell's Comet, in 1770, and 55P/Tempel–Tuttle, in 1366, are thought to have come closer. Subsequently, on 12 June...
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8P/Tuttle H. Tuttle 13.61 0.8198 5.700 54.98 14.6 JFC ✓ MPC · JPL 9P/Tempel (Tempel 1) W. Tempel 5.58 0.5098 3.146 10.47 12.8 JFC – MPC · JPL 10P/Tempel...
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object C/2013 A1 (comet that passed close to planet Mars in 2014) 55P/Tempel–Tuttle (Earth close approach in 1366 (calculated)) "Flyby Comet Was WAY Bigger...
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reobserved in 2020 it was numbered and is now known as 460P/PanSTARRS. 55P/Tempel–Tuttle (Close approach to Earth 1366) Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock (Close approach...
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Recovered 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR 15P/Finlay 17P/Holmes 27P/Crommelin 54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT 55P/Tempel–Tuttle 57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte 69P/Taylor...
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Numbered comets Previous 53P/Van Biesbroeck 54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT Next 55P/Tempel–Tuttle...
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