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Baron Wilhelm von Biela

Biela independently discovered two comets that others had already found (notably the Great Comet of 1823, C/1823 Y1) and made one independent discovery of his own: the periodic comet 3D/Biela, which subsequently split in two and disintegrated.

Biela's Comet

The comet appeared as predicted during its 1832 apparition, when it was first recovered by John Herschel on 24 September.

Brian G. Marsden and Zdeněk Sekanina attempted to calculate a likely orbit for any remaining parts of the comet; it was during a search using Marsden's calculations that Luboš Kohoutek discovered Comet Kohoutek.

Frank Biela

Biela was selected to lead the team; alongside team-mate John Bintcliffe, the new Audi team dominated the competition.


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