Swift-Tuttle comet

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage The Swift-Tuttle comet is a large, periodic comet estimated to be around 10 miles in diameter, discovered in 1862 by Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle. It's the parent body of the Perseid meteor shower, producing a spectacular display of shooting stars every year when Earth passes through its debris trail. The comet's orbital period is approximately 133 years, with its last recorded passage in 1992.