Swift-Tuttle

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage Swift-Tuttle is a large, periodic comet that is the parent body of the Perseid meteor shower, a spectacular celestial display that occurs every August. It's a massive icy body estimated to be around 16 miles (26 kilometers) in diameter, discovered in 1862 and observed to have a 133-year orbital period. As it approaches the sun, the comet's icy surface vaporizes, producing a trail of debris that interacts with Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the breathtaking Perseid meteor shower.