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Tempel 1 comet

LC control no.sh 85133692
LC classificationQB723.T3
Geographic headingTempel 1 comet
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Variant(s)9P/Tempel 1 (Comet)
Comet 9P/Tempel 1
Comet Tempel 1
Tempel's comet (I)
See alsoComets
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Special noteThis heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision.
Found inFacts on file dict. of astronomy, 2000: p. 430 (Tempel 1 (1879 III))
Darling, D. University book of astronomy, 2004: p. 485 (9P/Tempel 1)
Kronk, G. W. Comets : a descriptive catalog, 1984: p. 306 (Tempel 1, discovered April 3, 1867) p. 307 (a new short-period comet and the orbital period was established as about 5.7 years)