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Johann Franz Encke

1791 - 1865

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Johann Franz Encke (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈfʁants ˈɛŋkə]; 23 September 1791 – 26 August 1865) was a German astronomer. Among his activities, he worked on the calculation of the periods of comets and asteroids, measured the distance from the Earth to the Sun, and made observations of the planet Saturn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Franz Encke is the 67th most popular astronomer (down from 61st in 2019), the 665th most popular biography from Germany (up from 731st in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Astronomer.

Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer who is most famous for his work in measuring the distance from the Earth to the Sun.

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Among astronomers, Johann Franz Encke ranks 67 out of 644. Before him are Walter Baade, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Antonie Pannekoek, John Flamsteed, Fred Hoyle, and Gerard Kuiper. After him are Max Wolf, Edward Emerson Barnard, Annibale de Gasparis, Simon Marius, Vera Rubin, and Albert Marth.

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Among people born in 1791, Johann Franz Encke ranks 12. Before him are James Buchanan, Carl Czerny, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Franz Bopp, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, and Francesco Hayez. After him are Franz Grillparzer, Eugène Scribe, Robert Knox, István Széchenyi, Félix Savart, and Peter Cooper. Among people deceased in 1865, Johann Franz Encke ranks 10. Before him are Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Leopold I of Belgium, William Rowan Hamilton, Emil Lenz, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, and Christian Jürgensen Thomsen. After him are William Jackson Hooker, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, Robert FitzRoy, Heinrich Barth, and Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Franz Encke ranks 665 out of 7,253. Before him are Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811), Conrad Schumann (1942), August Horch (1868), Rudolf Bultmann (1884), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), and Bruno Bauer (1809). After him are Heinrich Lübke (1894), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Franz Encke ranks 11. Before him are Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Johann Bayer (1572), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), and Walter Baade (1893). After him are Max Wolf (1863), Simon Marius (1573), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Petrus Apianus (1495), and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813).

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