8P/Tuttle
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by: | Horace Parnell Tuttle |
| Discovery date: | January 5, 1858 |
| Alternate designations: | 1790 II; 1858 I; 1871 III; 1885 IV; 1899 III; 1912 IV; 1926 IV; 1939 X; 1967 V; 1980 XIII; 1994 XV |
| Orbital characteristics A | |
| Epoch: | March 6, 2006 |
| Aphelion distance: | 10.36 AU |
| Perihelion distance: | 1.026 AU |
| Semi-major axis: | 5.693 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.8198 |
| Orbital period: | 13.58 a |
| Inclination: | 54.9902° |
| Last perihelion: | June 25, 1994 |
| Next perihelion (predicted): | January 26, 2008 |
8P/Tuttle is a periodic comet in our solar system.
Comet 8P/Tuttle is responsible for the Ursids meteor shower in late December.[1]
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