Johann Franz Encke
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 159 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 23,1791 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Hamburg |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | August 26,1865 |
| Died | Spandau |
| Berlin | |
| Germany | |
| Discovered | Comet Encke |
| Field | Astronomy |
| Awards | Royal Medal |
| Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
| Children | Rudolph Encke |
| Education | University of Göttingen |
| Doctor student | Johann Gottfried Galle |
| Leopold Kronecker | |
| Demetrios Kokkidis | |
| Books | Berliner Astromisches Jahrbuch |
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| ID | 705379 |
Johann Franz Encke Life story
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.
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