[1] It was discovered on 22.9 January 1867, by Jérôme Eugène Coggia at Marseilles Observatory, France.

[1] On 25.86 January Édouard Stephan confirmed it was a comet.

It was recovered in 6 November 1942 by the Finnish astronomer Liisi Oterma.

[2][3] It was recovered by Pan-STARRS on June 24, 2017 while 5.3 AU from the Sun.

Acting like a centaur-hybrid, between the years 1982 and 2067, this object will make close approaches to the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus.