Biela's Comet

Biela's Comet
Biela's Comet in February 1846, soon after it split into two pieces
Discovered by	Wilhelm von Biela
Date of Discovery	February 27, 1826
Aphelion	6.190 AU
Perihelion	0.8606 AU
Inclination	12.550°

Biela's Comet or Comet Biela (official designation: 3D/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 since 1852. As a result, it is currently considered to have been destroyed, although remnants appeared to have survived for some time as a meteor shower, the Andromedids.