Paul Laugier and Felix Victor Mauvais calculated an orbit on September 9, 1844, and noted that a similarity existed with comets seen in previous years, by including comet Blanpain of 1819, into their calculations, they came up with an orbital period of between 4.6 and 4.9 years.
Paul Laugier i Felix Victor Mauvais izračunali su mu orbitu 9. rujna 1844. i zabilježili da je postojala sličnost s kometima viđenim prijašnjih godina, uključujući komet Blanpain iz 1819., u svoje izračune, te su došli do ophodnog vremena između 4,6 i 4,9 godina.