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DescriptionComet Encke.jpg	Comet Encke English: This is an image of short-period comet Encke obtained by Jim Scotti on 1994 January 5 while using the 0.91-meter Spacewatch Telescope on Kitt Peak. The image is 9.18 arcminutes square with north on the right and east at top. The integration time is 150 seconds. Deutsch: Der Enckesche Komet, aufgenommen am 5. Januar 1994 vom Kitt-Peak-Nationalobservatorium in Arizona aus, unter Nutzung des dortigen 0,9-Meter-Spacewatch-Spiegelteleskops.
Date	5 January 1994
Source	http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/encke.html https://web.archive.org/web/19991008161837/http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/encke.html
Author	Jim Scotti
Permission (Reusing this file)	Unless otherwise noted, images and video on JPL public web sites (public sites ending with a jpl.nasa.gov address) may be used for any purpose without prior permission [...] [1]

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