Comet 81P/Wild, also known as Wild 2, is a comet named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild, who discovered it on January 6, 1978, using a 40-cm Schmidt telescope at Zimmerwald, Switzerland.
Comet Wild 2 (81P/Wild) nucleus in 2004
Wild 2 from Earth
Photograph taken by Stardust spacecraft
Details of the plume jets
Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer)
Paul Wild was a Swiss astronomer and director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern, who discovered numerous comets, asteroids and supernovae.
Paul Wild at University of Bern in 2006