Comet Encke /ˈɛŋki/, or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke), is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years. (This...

comet became known as Halley's Comet. Similarly, the second and third known periodic comets, Encke's Comet and Biela's Comet, were named after the astronomers...

was on the 20th of April 2007 when the ion tail of comet Encke was completely severed as the comet passed through a coronal mass ejection. This event...

the comet Encke. The Taurids are actually two separate showers, with a Southern and a Northern component. The Southern Taurids originated from Comet Encke...

has speculated that the comet was Comet Encke, although this is not widely accepted. Based on the ancient Greek belief that comets were the source of celestial...

the periods of comets and asteroids, measured the distance from the Earth to the Sun, and made observations of the planet Saturn. Encke was born in Hamburg...

astronomer Ľubor Kresák suggested that the body was a fragment of Comet Encke, a periodic comet with a period of just over three years that stays entirely within...

years. At the time it was only the third comet known to be periodic, after comets Halley and Encke. The comet was named after Biela, although there was...

such as 2P/Encke and 27P/Crommelin they were named for a person who calculated their orbits (the orbit computers). The long-term orbits of comets can be difficult...

numbered comets (1P–471P). There are 405 Jupiter-family comets (JFCs), 38 Encke-type comets (ETCs), 14 Halley-type comets (HTCs), five Chiron-type comets (CTCs)...

Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years. It last appeared...

impact of a comet in Earth's history has been conclusively confirmed, the Tunguska event may have been caused by a fragment of Comet Encke. Comets are commonly...

Encke (crater), a lunar crater Encke Division, a dark gap in the rings of Saturn Comet Encke, a short-period comet Encke (horse) (2009–2014), a thoroughbred...

suggested in 1978 that the Tunguska event was a fragment of the periodic comet Encke. The asteroid 1849 Kresák was named in his honor. His wife Margita Kresáková...

Theory". The Origin of Comets. Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-08-034859-9. Whipple, F (1950). "A Comet Model. I: the Acceleration of Comet Encke". Astrophysical Journal...

2P may refer to: 2P/Encke, official designation of Comet Encke 2p, an arm of Chromosome 2 (human) 2p, an atomic orbital for electrons Two-photon absorption...

The two comets scheduled to be visited were Encke and Schwassmann-Wachmann-3, and the third target was d'Arrest. It was hoped that a new comet would have...

Arend–Roland Comet Mrkos Comet Ikeya–Seki Comet Bennett Comet Kohoutek Comet West Comet Hyakutake Comet Hale–Bopp Comet McNaught Comet Lovejoy Comet Encke, named...

calculating the orbit of Comet Encke, taking into account the perturbations of various planets. He used observations of Comet Encke to try estimate the mass...

Comet, other periodic comets have been discovered through the use of the telescope. The second comet found to have a periodic orbit was Encke's Comet...

by the Spacewatch survey on 8 October 2004, it may be a fragment of Comet Encke and is the source of the Northern Taurids meteor shower seen annually...

designated 27P/Crommelin). This is similar to the case of Comet Encke, where the periodic comet is named after the person who determined the orbit rather...

Comet dust refers to cosmic dust that originates from a comet. Comet dust can provide clues to comets' origin. When the Earth passes through a comet dust...

unquestioned priority as discoverer of five of the comets and rediscovered Comet Encke in 1795. Five of her comets were published in Philosophical Transactions...

Edward P. (December 1974). "Multiband photometry of Comets Kohoutek, Bennett, Bradfield, and Encke". Icarus. 23 (4): 551–560. Bibcode:1974Icar...23..551N...

5 km (3 mi). The nucleus is similar in size to Comet Hyakutake and many short-period comets such as 2P/Encke, 7P/Pons-Winnecke, 8P/Tuttle, 14P/Wolf, and...

V1" (1681-03-19 last obs (Encke: 125-day data arc)). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 26 July 2011. "JPL Dastcom Comet Orbital Elements". Archived...

became interested in astronomy and comets in particular, observing the return of what would later be named Comet Encke. He later made a very complete calculation...

belt and has displayed the coma of a traditional comet. It fits the definition of an Encke-type comet with (TJupiter > 3; a < aJupiter). Before it was...

of its nucleus was found to be 4.2 km, similar in size to that of Comet Encke. Comet Väisälä was discovered accidentally on photographs exposed for minor...