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Comet Encke
Encke's Comet
Periodic comet.
Wikipedia | Comet Encke
External Pages About Comet Encke
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Bing Entity
Statements about
Comet Encke
Named After
Johann Franz Encke
Image
Discoverer or Inventor
Pierre Méchain
Unnamed
:
1/17/1786
Caroline Herschel
Unnamed
:
1795
Jean-Louis Pons
Unnamed
:
1805
Unnamed
:
1818
Instance Of
Encke-Type Comet
Periodic Comet
Near-Earth Object
Described by Source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Child Astronomical Body
Parent Astronomical Body
Sun
Albedo
0.046
Criterion Used
:
Geometric Albedo
Diameter
4.8 kilometre
Rotation Period
11.083 hour
Orbital Eccentricity
0.848
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Semi-Major Axis of an Orbit
2.22 astronomical unit
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Periapsis
0.338 astronomical unit
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Apoapsis
4.101 astronomical unit
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Orbital Inclination
11.412 degree
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Longitude of Ascending Node
334.194 degree
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Argument of Periapsis
187.134 degree
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Mean Anomaly
243.126 degree
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Time of Periapsis
2,460,239.65 Julian day
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Orbital Period
1,207.915 day
Epoch
:
September 25, 2022
Epoch
September 25, 2022
Taurids
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q107333696
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