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Independently discovered by American astronomers Lewis A. Swift (1820–1913), on 16 July 1862, and Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837–1923), on 19 July 1862.
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Swift-Tuttle
Today it means: Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle Full definition →