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. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... 64 Angelina is a quite large Main belt asteroid. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 65 Cybele is one of the largest asteroids in the main belt. ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 74 Galatea is a large Main belt asteroid. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 81 Terpsichore is a large and very dark main belt asteroid. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 97 Klotho is a fairly large main belt asteroid. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ... The Franco-Prussian War (July 19, 1870 – May 10, 1871) was fought between France and Prussia (backed by the North German Confederation) allied with the south German states of Baden, Bavaria and Württemberg. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

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. Comet Hale-Bopp, showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997) A comet is a small astronomical object similar to an asteroid but composed largely of ice. ... Comet Tempel-Tuttle (formally designated as 55P/Tempel-Tuttle) was independently discovered by Ernst Tempel on December 19, 1865 and by Horace Parnell Tuttle on January 6, 1866. ... 1966 Leonid Meteor Shower The Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle. ... Tempel 1 is a periodic comet (formally designated 9P/Tempel 1). ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (established 1958) is the government agency responsible for the United States of Americas space program and long-term general aerospace research. ... Deep Impact space probe after impactor separation Deep Impact is a NASA space probe designed to study the composition of the interior of a comet. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The asteroid 3808 Tempel is named in his honour. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ...