Biela's Comet

Summary

Biela's Comet is a periodic comet^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Biela's Comet is credited with the discovery of Baron Wilhelm von Biela^[3].
• Biela's Comet's image is recorded as CometBiela.jpg^[4].
• Biela's Comet's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• Biela's Comet's instance of is recorded as lost comet^[6].
• Biela's Comet's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• Biela's Comet's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[8].
• Baron Wilhelm von Biela is named after Biela's Comet^[9].
• Biela's Comet's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85013931^[10].
• Biela's Comet's Commons category is recorded as Comet Biela^[11].
• Biela's Comet's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• Biela's Comet's child astronomical body is recorded as Andromedids^[13].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 1852 III^[14].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 1846 II^[15].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 3D/1832 S1^[16].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 1832 III^[17].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 3D/1826 D1^[18].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 1826 I^[19].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 3D/1805 V1^[20].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 1806 I^[21].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 3D/1772 E1^[22].
• Biela's Comet's provisional designation is recorded as 1772^[23].
• Biela's Comet's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1772-03-08T00:00:00Z^[24].
• Biela's Comet's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1826-02-27T00:00:00Z^[25].
• Biela's Comet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yr0x^[26].
• Biela's Comet's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000504^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Biela's Comet is credited with the discovery of Baron Wilhelm von Biela^[3].

Why It Matters

Biela's Comet ranks in the top 2% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]