Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel
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| 64 Angelina | March 4, 1861 |
| 65 Cybele | March 8, 1861 |
| 74 Galatea | August 29, 1862 |
| 81 Terpsichore | September 30, 1864 |
| 97 Klotho | February 17, 1868 |
Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (December 4, 1821–March 16, 1889) was a German astronomer who worked in Marseille until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, then later moved to Italy.[1]
He was a prolific discoverer of comets, discovering or co-discovering 21 in all, including Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, now known to be the parent body of the Leonid meteor shower, and 9P/Tempel, the target of the NASA probe Deep Impact in 2005. Other periodic comets that bear his name include 10P/Tempel and 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR.
The asteroid 3808 Tempel is named in his honour. Tempel crater on the Moon is also named after him.
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- ^ Wilhelm Tempel - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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