Category:109P/Swift–Tuttle

**Comet Swift–Tuttle**
	periodic comet and parent body of the Perseid meteor shower
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Instance of	Halley-type comet; near-Earth object;
Discoverer or inventor	Horace Parnell Tuttle; Lewis A. Swift;
Time of discovery or invention	16 July 1862;
Diameter	26 km;
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Perseids‎ (1 C, 159 F)

Media in category "109P/Swift–Tuttle"

The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total.

Animation of 109P／Swift–Tuttle orbit.gif 560 × 420; 6.77 MB
Animation of 109P／Swift–Tuttle's close approach to Earth.gif 560 × 420; 1.45 MB
Animation of Comet Swift–Tuttle in 2126.gif 560 × 420; 4.5 MB
Comet Swift-Tuttle 1862 III by Julius Schmidt (Aug. 21 - Aug. 28).jpg 801 × 727; 212 KB
Comet Swift-Tuttle 1862 III by Julius Schmidt (Aug. 30 - Sept. 2).jpg 700 × 607; 154 KB
Comet Swift-Tuttle 1862 III by Julius Schmidt.jpg 205 × 332; 25 KB
Comet Swift-Tuttle by G. J. Chambers on Aug 23, 1862.jpg 595 × 693; 56 KB
Comet Swift-Tuttle distance vs year.svg 512 × 256; 7 KB
Comet-of-1862-royal-astronomical-societyscience-photo-library.jpg 694 × 900; 143 KB
Comete109PSwift.ogv 45 s, 640 × 480; 2.11 MB
Image taken from page 154 of 'La Terra, trattato popolare di geografia universale per G. Marinelli ed altri scienziati italiani, etc. (With illustrations and maps.)' (11154403715).jpg 707 × 1,003; 198 KB
Image taken from page 383 of 'L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent' (11052487863).jpg 471 × 978; 119 KB
Perseid Meteors and Comet Swift-Tuttle.png 1,108 × 2,100; 160 KB
The story of the comets - Plate XIXa-1.jpg 533 × 555; 51 KB
The story of the comets - Plate XIXa-2.jpg 533 × 548; 56 KB
The story of the comets - Plate XIXa-3.jpg 546 × 567; 43 KB
The story of the comets - Plate XIXa-4.jpg 549 × 570; 57 KB
The story of the comets - Plate XIXa-5.jpg 531 × 554; 48 KB
The story of the comets - Plate XIXa-6.jpg 538 × 559; 50 KB