55P/Tempel–Tuttle

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55P/Tempel–Tuttle (commonly known as Comet Tempel–Tuttle) is a retrograde periodic comet with an orbital period of 33 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with a period of between 20 and 200 years.

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Image: Wilhelm Tempel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.