55P/Tempel–Tuttle

Summary

55P/Tempel–Tuttle is a periodic comet^[1]. 55P/Tempel–Tuttle ranks in the top 3% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle is credited with the discovery of Wilhelm Tempel^[3].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle is credited with the discovery of Horace Parnell Tuttle^[4].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's image is recorded as Drawing of comet 55P by Tempel-from his personal notebooks in the Arcetri.jpg^[5].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's instance of is recorded as Halley-type comet^[7].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[8].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's Commons category is recorded as 55P/Tempel–Tuttle^[9].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's child astronomical body is recorded as Leonids^[11].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 55P/1997 E1^[12].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 55P/1965 M2^[13].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 55P/1865 Y1^[14].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 55P/1699 U1^[15].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 55P/1366 U1^[16].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1965 IV^[17].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1866 I^[18].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1699 II^[19].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1366^[20].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1965i^[21].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1866-01-06T00:00:00Z^[22].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1865-12-19T00:00:00Z^[23].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02sd5r^[24].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000095^[25].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.905552720972412'}^[26].
• 55P/Tempel–Tuttle's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.0'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Wilhelm Tempel^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1821–1889^[29], of Kingdom of Saxony^[30], awarded the Lalande Prize^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32] and Horace Parnell Tuttle^[4], an astronomer^[33], 1837–1923^[34], of United States^[35], awarded the Lalande Prize^[36], specialised in astronomy^[37].

Why It Matters

55P/Tempel–Tuttle ranks in the top 3% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).^[2] 55P/Tempel–Tuttle has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38]