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Encke, Johann Franze

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(1791-1865) Astronomer. Furnished data on transits of Venus which aided in obtaining the distance of the sun, proved that the periodic comet named in his honor moved in an elliptical orbit, and directed work of charts of the celestial equator.

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Entry for 'Encke, Johann Franze'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​e/encke-johann-franze.html. 1910.
 
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