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Swift-Tuttle

Swift-Tuttle proper noun: comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle.

Proper noun

Swift-Tuttle

  1. Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle

Origin of Swift-Tuttle

Independently discovered by American astronomers Lewis A. Swift (1820–1913), on 16 July 1862, and Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837–1923), on 19 July 1862.

Questions about Swift-Tuttle

What does Swift-Tuttle mean?
Swift-Tuttle means comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle.
What part of speech is Swift-Tuttle?
Swift-Tuttle is a proper noun.

Words near Swift-Tuttle in the dictionary

  1. swift-footed
  2. swift-footedness
  3. swift-handed
  4. swift-handedness
  5. swift-thinking
  6. Swift-Tuttle
  7. swiftboat
  8. swiftboated
  9. swiftboating
  10. swiftboats
  11. Swiftdom

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