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German astronomer (1791–1865) who computed the orbit of Encke's Comet, which at roughly 3.3 years has the shortest known period of any periodic comet.
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Johann Encke ranks #392 of 435 in the Astronomer ranking, behind David H. Levy, ahead of Pavel Kroupa.
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