Tempel 1 is a short-period comet, found by the German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel from the observatory in Marseille. It orbits the Sun in a little more than five years and belongs to the family of comets controlled by the gravity of Jupiter. It became famous in 2005, when NASA's Deep Impact mission sent a probe to hit its nucleus, in order to see the material thrown up from beneath the surface and to study its composition. The impact released a great cloud of dust and showed that the comet's surface is covered in fine, powdery material. In 2011 the Stardust spacecraft, in a new mission, flew by the comet and photographed the crater left by the impact.
Before and after
- 1867Joseph Lister introduces antiseptic surgery
- 14 January 1867Death of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
- from 1 March 1867 to 28 October 1918Austria–Hungary
- 30 March 1867Alaska Purchase
- 3 April 1867Discovery of Tempel 1
- 7 May 1867Birth of Władysław Reymont
- 4 June 1867Birth of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
- 8 June 1867Birth of Frank Lloyd Wright
- 28 June 1867Birth of Luigi Pirandello
More in Universe & space
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- 11 January 1787Discovery of Oberon
- 28 August 1789Discovery of Enceladus
- 10 October 1846Discovery of Triton
- 12 August 1877Discovery of Deimos
- 17 August 1877Discovery of Phobos
The era
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