55P/Tempel–Tuttle - Wikipedia
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 of a Halley-type comet with a period of between 20 and 200 years.
55P/Tempel-Tuttle - Science@NASA
Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is a small comet―its nucleus measures only about 2.24 miles (3.6 kilometers) across. It takes Tempel-Tuttle 33 years to orbit the sun once. Tempel-Tuttle last reached perihelion (closest approach to the sun) in 1998 and will return again in 2031.
Leonid meteor shower: All you need to know in 2024 - EarthSky
2 days ago · Periodic Comet Tempel-Tuttle, officially known as 55P/Temple-Tuttle, is responsible for the Leonid meteor shower. William Tempel of Marseilles Observatory in France discovered this...
Leonids meteor shower peak: View skygazing conditions for your …
3 hours ago · The reliable Leonid meteor shower peaks on Sunday night, offering a chance to see up to dozens of meteors per hour shooting across the night sky — if the weather doesn't get in the way. The Leonids meteor shower began on Nov. 3, and peak activity happens overnight on Sunday, Nov. 17 into Monday, Nov. 18. Leonids come from the Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
How to See the Stunning Leonid Meteor Shower This Weekend
4 days ago · The Leonids’ parent comet, which measures 2.24 miles in diameter, makes a trip around the sun every 33 years. It was discovered independently by two men: Ernst Tempel in 1865 and Horace Tuttle ...
Leonid meteor shower in November: Where and when to watch
Nov 10, 2024 · The Leonid meteor shower is caused by space debris from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which collides with Earth's atmosphere. Two independent discoveries of the comet were made by Ernst Tempel in 1865 ...
Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle - Space Reference
55P/Tempel-Tuttle is a mid-sized comet with a medium-length orbit that is highly inclined to the ecliptic plane of the solar system. NASA JPL has classified 55P/Tempel-Tuttle as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its orbit's proximity to Earth, but it is not considered potentially hazardous because computer simulations have not indicated any ...
Leonids - Wikipedia
The Leonids (/ ˈ l iː ən ɪ d z / LEE-ə-nidz) are a prolific annual meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle, and are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years. [5]
Leonid MAC - Info on Leonid shower parent comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle …
The most famous of these comets are 1862 III Swift-Tuttle, the parent of the Perseid meteors, and 1866 I Tempel-Tuttle, the parent of the Leonid meteors. In 1862, Tuttle left Harvard, served in the infantry in the American Civil War, then transferred to the navy.
55P/Tempel-Tuttle - Cometography
Ernst Wilhelm Liebrecht Tempel (Marseille, France) discovered this comet on 1865 December 19. It was then in the evening sky near the star Beta Ursa Majoris. He described it as a circular object, with a central condensation and a tail 30 arc minutes long.