8P/Tuttle

Summary

8P/Tuttle is a periodic comet^[1]. 8P/Tuttle draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #23 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8P/Tuttle is credited with the discovery of Pierre Méchain^[3].
• 8P/Tuttle is credited with the discovery of Horace Parnell Tuttle^[4].
• 8P/Tuttle's image is recorded as 07-1230 8PTuttle+M33 martinez vcastro IMG 1912.JPG^[5].
• 8P/Tuttle's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 8P/Tuttle's instance of is recorded as contact binary^[7].
• 8P/Tuttle's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[8].
• 8P/Tuttle's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[9].
• 8P/Tuttle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85138995^[10].
• 8P/Tuttle's Commons category is recorded as 8P/Tuttle^[11].
• 8P/Tuttle's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 XV^[13].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 XIII^[14].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1967a^[15].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1939k^[16].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1926 IV^[17].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1912 IV^[18].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1899b^[19].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1885b^[20].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 8P/1871 T1^[21].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1871d^[22].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 8P/1858 A1^[23].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1858 I^[24].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 8P/1790 A2^[25].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1790 II^[26].
• 8P/Tuttle's provisional designation is recorded as 1992r^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Pierre Méchain^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1744–1804^[29], of France^[30], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[31], specialised in mathematics^[32] and Horace Parnell Tuttle^[4], an astronomer^[33], 1837–1923^[34], of United States^[35], awarded the Lalande Prize^[36], specialised in astronomy^[37].

Why It Matters

8P/Tuttle draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #23 of 183).^[2] 8P/Tuttle has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] 8P/Tuttle is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]