# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-franz-encke
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:59:50.762Z

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name: "Johann Franz Encke"
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description: "Johann Franz Encke 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."
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birthDate: "1791-09-23"
deathDate: "1865-08-26"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump