Wilhelm Tempel
Wilhelm Tempel
| 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), normally known as Wilhelm Tempel, was a German astronomer who worked in Marseille until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, then later moved to Italy.[2]
Tempel was born at Niedercunnersdorf, Saxony. 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.
He won the Prix Valz for the year 1880.[3] The main-belt asteroid 3808 Tempel and the lunar crater Tempel are named after him.[4]
References
- ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ↑ Wilhelm Tempel - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ↑ "Prix Valz". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. Tomes XCII à CXXI, 3 Janvier 1881 à 30 Décembre 1895. Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1900. p. 1574.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3808) Tempel. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 322. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
External links
- Bianchi, S.; Gasperini, A.; Galli, D.; Palla, F.; Brenni, P.; Giatti, A. (2010). "Wilhelm Tempel and his 10.8-cm Steinheil Telescope" (PDF). Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 13 (1): 43–58. ISSN 1440-2807. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- John Dreyer (1890). "Obituary". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 50: 179–182.
- W. Tempel @ Astrophysics Data System
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