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Biela's Comet

Comet that dissolved and assumed as gone
Thing periodic_comet Q857320
Biela's Comet
E. Weiß · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
periodic comet, lost comet, Jupiter-family comet, near-Earth object[3][4][5]
Absolute magnitude
+7.1[23]
Apoapsis
+6.190243166802708[28]
Argument of periapsis
+221.6588[30]
Child astronomical body
Andromedids[8]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22]
Discoverer or inventor
Baron Wilhelm von Biela[2]
Epoch
December 3, 1832[32]
Longitude of ascending node
+250.669[26]
Mean anomaly
+0.9469569963959761[31]
Named after
Baron Wilhelm von Biela[6]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.751299[21]
Orbital inclination
+13.2164[24]
Orbital period
+2427.278122182916[25]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+0.879073[29]
Provisional designation
1852 III, 1846 II, 3D/1832 S1, 1832 III, 3D/1826 D1, 1826 I, 3D/1805 V1, 1806 I, 3D/1772 E1, 1772[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+3.53465808340135[27]
Time of discovery or invention
March 8, 1772, February 27, 1826[19][20]
Time of periapsis
+2390514.1152[33]
🏷️ Also known as
en Biela's Comet ar مذنب بيلا cs Kometa 3D/Biela cs Kometa Biela cs 3D/Biela de Biela de Bielascher Komet de 3D/Biela el Κομήτης του Βιέλα el Κομήτης Βιέλα el Κομήτης Γάσπαρ el Κομήτης Μπιέλα es 3D Biela es Cometa Biela fa دنباله‌دار بیلا fi Bielan komeetta fr Comète Biela fr Comète de Biela he שביט בילה id Komet Biela's
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85013931
GND ID
1163324914
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Bielas-Comet
Freebase ID
/m/02yr0x
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
cometa-de-biela
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0010019
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Bielas_komet
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
1000504
Minor Planet Center body ID
3D
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007284760405171
WikiKids ID
Komeet_van_Biela
Yale LUX ID
place/80ccf73e-ae76-4bf8-960c-f7e9e2b37ef5

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 4
near-Earth object, lost comet, periodic comet, Jupiter-family comet
Child astronomical body 1
Andromedids
Created notable works 1
Baron Wilhelm von Biela
Described by source 1
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Discoverer or inventor 1
Baron Wilhelm von Biela
Named after 1
Baron Wilhelm von Biela
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
← Companion of 1
Wikidata Sandbox
← Parent astronomical body 1
Andromedids
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Summary

Biela's Comet is a periodic comet[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Astronomic symbol image → Comet Biela symbol (fixed width).svg
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'f
    GND ID → 1163324914
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Astronomic symbol image: Comet Biela symbol (fixed width).svg"
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