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Biela's Comet

Comet that dissolved and assumed as gone

Key facts

Discovered by: Wilhelm von Biela , (recognition of periodicity )
Discovery date: 27 February 1826
Mpc designation: D/1772 E1, D/1826 D1 D/1832 S1
Alternative designations: 1772, 1806 I, 1832 III 1846 II, 1852 III
Epoch: 29 September 1852 ( JD 2397760.5)
Observation arc: ~80 years
Earliest precovery date: 8 March 1772
Aphelion: 6.190 AU
Perihelion: 0.8606 AU
Semi major axis: 3.5253 AU
Orbital period: 6.619 years
Inclination: 12.550°
Last perihelion: 23 September 1852 (A), 24 September 1852 (B)
Next perihelion: Disintegrated
Earth moid: 0.0005 AU (75,000 km), (Epoch 1832)
Mean diameter: ≈0.5 km (0.31 mi) , (pre-breakup)

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Biela's Comet or Comet Biela (official designation: 3D/Biela) was a periodic Jupiter-family comet first recorded in 1772 by Montaigne and Messier and finally identified as periodic in 1826 by Wilhelm von Biela. It was subsequently observed to split in two and has not been seen since 1852. As a result, it is currently considered to have been destroyed. Remnants have survived as a meteor shower, the Andromedids.

The comet was first recorded on 8 March 1772 by Jacques Leibax Montaigne; During the same apparition, it was independently discovered by Charles Messier. The comet was also recorded in 1805 by Jean-Louis Pons, but was not recognized as the same object at the time.