10P/Tempel

Infobox Comet
name=10P/Tempel


discoverer=Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel
discovery_date=July 4, 1873
designations=1873 II; 1878 III; 1894 III; 1899 IV; 1904 III; 1915 I; 1920 II; 1925 IV; 1930 VII; 1946 III; 1951 VIII; 1957 II; 1962 VI; 1967 X; 1972 X; 1978 V; 1983 X; 1988 XIV; 1994 VII;
epoch=March 6, 2006
semimajor=3.071 AU
perihelion=1.427 AU
aphelion=4.716 AU
eccentricity=0.5355
period=5.382 a
inclination= 12.0184°
last_p=February 15, 2005
next_p=2010

10P/Tempel, also known as Tempel 2, is a periodic comet in our solar system.

External links

* [http://cometography.com/pcomets/010p.html 10P at Kronk's Cometography]