The ghost of Biela’s Comet: It created a storm and disappeared
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In 1846, observers watched as Biela’s Comet — the source of the Andromedid meteors — appeared to split in two. The pieces of Biela’s Comet disappeared in the 1850s, never to return. But the ghost of Biela’s Comet lives on in the form of a meteor shower. In the 1800s, it produced 2 meteor storms . Today it is a quiet shower in late November. What happened? Image via E. Weiss/ Wikipedia . You deserve…
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