Biela's Comet
Comet that dissolved and assumed as gone
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Summary
Biela's Comet is a periodic comet[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of periodic comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (692 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Baron Wilhelm von Biela[3]
- Instance of: lost comet[4], Jupiter-family comet[5], near-Earth object[6]
- Named after: Baron Wilhelm von Biela[7]
- Commons category: Comet Biela[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Child astronomical body: Andromedids[10]
- Provisional designation: 1852 III[11], 1846 II[12], 3D/1832 S1[13], 1832 III[14], 3D/1826 D1[15], 1826 I[16], 3D/1805 V1[17], 1806 I[18], 3D/1772 E1[19], 1772[20]
- Time of discovery or invention: March 8, 1772[21], February 27, 1826[22]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.751299[23]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24]
- Absolute magnitude: 7.1[25]
- Orbital inclination: 13.2164 degree[26]
- Orbital period: 2427.278122182916 day[27]
- Longitude of ascending node: 250.669 degree[28]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.53465808340135 astronomical unit[29]
- Apoapsis: 6.190243166802708 astronomical unit[30]
- Periapsis: 0.879073 astronomical unit[31]
- Argument of periapsis: 221.6588 degree[32]
- Mean anomaly: 0.9469569963959761 degree[33]
- Epoch: December 3, 1832[34]
- Time of periapsis: 2390514.1152 Julian day[35]
Why It Matters
Biela's Comet has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]