Swift-tuttle

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  1. 1
    Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle

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"Perseid meteors, caused by debris left behind by the Comet Swift-Tuttle, began streaking across the skies in late July and will peak on August 12."

Etymology

Independently discovered by American astronomers Lewis A. Swift (1820–1913), on 16 July 1862, and Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837–1923), on 19 July 1862.

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