| 64 Angelina | 4 March 1861 |
| 65 Cybele | 8 March 1861 |
| 74 Galatea | 29 August 1862 |
| 81 Terpsichore | 30 September 1864 |
| 97 Klotho | 17 February 1868 |
Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (4 December 1821 – 16 March 1889), normally known asWilhelm Tempel, was a Germanastronomer who worked inMarseille until the outbreak of theFranco-Prussian War in 1870, then later moved to Italy.[2]
Tempel was born atNiedercunnersdorf,Saxony. He was a prolific discoverer ofcomets, discovering or co-discovering 21 in all, including Comet55P/Tempel-Tuttle, now known to be the parent body of theLeonid meteor shower, and9P/Tempel, the target of theNASA probeDeep Impact in 2005. Other periodic comets that bear his name include10P/Tempel and11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR.
In 1861, he was awarded theLalande Prize. He won thePrix Valz for the year 1880.[3] Themain-belt asteroid3808 Tempel and the lunar craterTempel are named after him.[4]
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