LC control no. | sh 85042986 |
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LC classification | QB723.E3 |
Geographic heading | Encke comet |
Variant(s) | 2P/Encke (Comet) Comet 2P/Encke Comet Encke Encke's comet |
See also | Comets |
Special note | This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision. |
Found in | NASA Thes. (Encke comet. Def.: A very faint comet with a periodicity of 3.3 years which is the shortest of any known comet) Room, A. Dict. of astronomical names, 1988 (Encke's comet: named not after its discoverer but after the German astronomer who computer its return in 1822, Johann Franz Encke; after it had been initially discovered in 1786 by the French astronomer Pierre MeĢchain) Mitton, J. Cambridge dict. of astronomy, 2001 (Comet Encke (2P/Encke)) |