Wilhelm Tempel

Wilhelm Tempel

Asteroids discovered: 5 ^[1]
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. Bibcode:2010JAHH...13...43B. ISSN 1440-2807. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
John Dreyer (1890). "Obituary". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 50: 179–182. Bibcode:1890MNRAS..50..179.. doi:10.1093/mnras/50.4.179.
W. Tempel @ Astrophysics Data System

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[MPC-Discoverers-1] "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[2] Wilhelm Tempel - Catholic Encyclopedia article

[3] "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.

[springer-4] 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.