When the Leonids fly across the sky, stargazers know that the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is nearby. Every year, the iconic meteor shower offers a spectacular show… and experts say this weekend is ...

As for the Leonids, a separate EarthSky.com article states that they hail from the Tempel-Tuttle comet, also known as 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.

The Leonids, made of debris from 55P/Tempel–Tuttle, become a storm once every 33 years or show. It won't happen this year, but still should put on a spectacular show.

What happened? Today, we know that a dusty trail of debris shed by comet Tempel-Tuttle back in 1899 was what caused the Great 1966 Leonid Storm.

The Leonids, an annual meteor shower that occurs as the Earth passes through the debris of Comet Tempel-Tuttle, is expected to put on a decent show this week as it moves toward peak viewing ...

It takes Comet Tempel-Tuttle 33 years to orbit the Sun once. FILE- BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 3, 2022: A shooting star of the Geminid meteor shower is pictured on Jan. 3, 2022, in Beijing, China.

The meteors that make up the Leonid meteor shower are derived from the parent comet, known as Comet Tempel-Tuttle, officially known as 55P/Temple-Tuttle.

As the Earth passes through the debris trail of comet Tempel-Tuttle between November 3rd and December 2nd, the shower of particles from the traveling object will be more of a trickle – just fifteen ...

The annual Leonid meteor shower will begin as the Earth passes through two clouds of debris shed by comet Temple Tuttle on its path through the Solar System.

Tempel-Tuttle last passed the sun in 1998, so storms are now quite likely. But predicting them was, until recently, a blacker art than forecasting next month's weather. That seems now to have changed.

The Leonids appear when Earth passes through debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle's orbit, and seem to radiate from the constellation Leo.