Tempel 1
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| Radius | 3 km |
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| Orbital period | 2,015 days |
| Discovered | April 3, 1867 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0. 5096 |
| Orbits | Sun |
| Discoverers | Brian G. Marsden |
| Wilhelm Tempel | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2339160 |
About Tempel 1
Tempel 1 is a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1867. It completes an orbit of the Sun every 5. 5 years. Tempel 1 was the target of the Deep Impact space mission, which photographed a deliberate high-speed impact upon the comet in 2005.
Tempel 1 Photos
