Comet Biela (3D/Biela)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5232. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Comets

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A periodic comet that disintegrated in the nineteenth century and gave rise to the briefly active Bielid meteor shower; the `D' in the prefix indicates `defunct'. The comet was discovered in 1772 by Jacques Montaigne, and recovered by Jean-Louis Pons in 1805, but on neither occasion was it observed for long enough for an orbit to be computed. This was accomplished by Wilhelm von Biela when he rec...

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