What is 3D/Biela?
[[Image:CometBiela.jpg|thumb|250px|Biela's Comet in February 1846, soon after it split into two pieces]] '''Biela's Comet''' or '''Comet Biela''' (official designation: '''3D/Biela''') was a [[periodic comet]] first recorded in 1772 by Montaigne and [[Charles Messier|Messier]] and finally identified as periodic in 1826 by [[Wilhelm von Biela]]. It was seen to split in two and has not been seen since 1852. It is thought to have been destroyed, although remnants appeared to have survived for some time as a [[meteor shower]], the [[Andromedids]]. {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Comets]]