Wilhelm Tempel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Tempel

German astronomer

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1821

Place of Birth: Niedercunnersdorf, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 16-Mar-1889

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.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. In 1861, he was awarded the Lalande Prize.
He won the Prix Valz for the year 1880.
The main-belt asteroid 3808 Tempel and the lunar crater Tempel are named after him.