- Baron Wilhelm von Biela
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name = Baron Wilhelm von Biela
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birth_date =March 19 1782
birth_place =February 18 1856
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footnotes =Baron Wilhelm von Biela (German: "Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela") (
March 19 1782 –February 18 1856 ) was an German-Austria n military officer and amateurastronomer .Wilhelm von Biela was born in
Roßla ,Harz (NorthernGermany ) and was a captain in the Austrian army where he participated in a number of military campaigns against Napoleon between 1805, 1809 and later on.In the field of
astronomy , he specialized in observing and calculating the orbits ofcomet s. He also did somesunspot observations. He independently discovered some comets that others had already found, and made one independent discovery of his own: the lost periodic comet3D/Biela .Notes
Further reading
DSB
first=Josef
last=Mayerhofer
title=Biela, Wilhelm von
volume=2
pages=125-126
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