Published: 22 Aug 2025 › Updated: 22 Aug 2025
Why I'm Called - Comet Swift-Tuttle
I am Comet Swift-Tuttle.
I am the parent comet of the Perseid meteor shower.
My name was given in 1862.
I was named by Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle.
My name came about when I was independently discovered by Swift and Tuttle, named after both.
An interesting fact is I am the parent body of the Perseid meteor shower, one of the most reliable annual displays.
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