Encke (English, name)
expansion: Encke (countable and uncountable, plural Enckes)
Senses:
glosses: A surname from German.
tags: countable
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Johann Franz Encke, a German astronomer, who discovered the Encke Gap in the Rings of Saturn.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A comet in Solar System, the second periodic comet discovered, prototype of the Encke-type comet, discovered by Johann Franz Encke
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: An asteroid in Koronian, Solar System, the 9134th asteroid registered, named for German astronomer Johann Franz Encke
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A crater in Moon, between Mare Insularum and Oceanus Procellarum, named for German astronomer Johann Franz Encke
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: Enckes
tags: plural