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Discoveries by Wilhelm Tempel

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main-belt asteroid

outer main-belt asteroid

main-belt asteroid

main-belt asteroid

main-belt asteroid

spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

short-period comet

German astronomer (1821–1889)

polar-ring galaxy

spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis

elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus

galaxy in the constellation Leo

55P/Tempel–Tuttle

55P/Tempel–Tuttle (commonly known as Comet Tempel–Tuttle) is a retrograde periodic comet with an orbital period of 33 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with a period of between 20 and 200 years. It was independently discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on 19 December 1865, and by Horace Parnell Tuttle on 6 January 1866. It is the parent body of the Leonid meteor shower.

star in the constellation Eridanus

11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR

11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is a periodic comet with a 5.95-year orbit around the Sun.

10P/Tempel, also known as Tempel 2, is a Jupiter-family comet with a 5.36-year orbit around the Sun. It was discovered on 4 July 1873 by Wilhelm Tempel. At the perihelion passage on 2 August 2026 the solar elongation is calculated at 164 degrees, with apparent magnitude approximately 8, with closest approach to Earth on 3 August 2026 at a distance of .