I am Comet Swift-Tuttle.
I am the parent comet of the Perseid meteor shower.
My name was given in 1862.
I was named by Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle.
My name came about when I was independently discovered by Swift and Tuttle, named after both.
An interesting fact is I am the parent body of the Perseid meteor shower, one of the most reliable annual displays.