Overview: Provides a look at Lewis Swift‘s life, career, and scientific accomplishments as an astronomer, including his discovery of the Swift-Tuttle comet named after him.Discusses Swift‘s influence on the livThis biography covers the life of Lewis Swift (1820-1913), who discovered 13 comets and nearly 1,200 other deep sky objects. All 13 comets found by Swift now bear his name, including three periodic comets with periods of 6 years (11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR), 9 years (64P/Swift-Gehrels), and 133 years (109P/Swift-Tuttle)..Swift‘s enthusiasm and success as an amateur astronomer helped make hi
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