Biela's Comet
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Biela's Comet or Comet 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... Wikipedia
Discovered: February 27, 1826
Orbital period: 2,427 days
Discoverer: Wilhelm von Biela
Perihelion: 0.8606 AU
Earth MOID: 0.0005 AU (75 thousand km); (epoch 1832)
Eccentricity: 0.7559
Epoch: September 29, 1852