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Top 10 Perseid Meteor Shower Facts
By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 12:13 pm ET
07 August 2002

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Comet Swift-Tuttle was last seen in 1992, an unspectacular pass through the inner solar system that required binoculars to enjoy. Prior to that, it had last been seen in the year it was "discovered" by American astronomers Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle, 1862. Abraham Lincoln was President.

Wondering why "discovered" was in quotes? Keep going ...

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