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swift-tuttle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
swift--tut-tle
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle

Etymology

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

What does swift-tuttle mean?
Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle
Where does swift-tuttle come from?
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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