55P/Tempel-Tuttle
55P/Tempel-Tuttle (Comet). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. 55P/Tempel–Tuttle is a retrograde periodic comet with an orbital period of 33 years.
55P/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. It was independently discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on 19 December 1865, and by Horace Parnell Tuttle on 6 January 1866. It is the parent body of the Leonid meteor shower.
- Type: Comet
- Diameter: 3.6 km
- Orbital period: 33.2 years
- Eccentricity: 0.906