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Johann Franz Encke

Johann Franz Encke
Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (d. 1865)

Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer. Among his activities, he worked on the calculation of the periods of comets and asteroids, measured the distance from the Earth to the Sun, and made observations of the planet Saturn.

23 September 1791

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