Comet Tempel may refer to any of the following comets discovered by Wilhelm Tempel below: Either of these numbered periodic comets: 9P/Tempel, Comet Tempel 1 10P/Tempel, Comet Tempel 2 Any of these long-period comets: C/1859 G1 C/1860 U1 C/1863 V1 C/1864 N1 C/1869 T1 C/1871 L1 C/1871 V1 C/1877 T1 A partial reference to either of these comets: 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR 55P/Tempel–Tuttle