Encke
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Taurid meteors come from debris left behind by Comet Encke, which circles the sun and sheds a stream of material along its path.
From Science Daily • Oct. 31, 2025
Still, “Los Angeles Plays Itself” narrator Encke King says that “the entire world seems to be rooting for Los Angeles to slide into the Pacific or to be swallowed up by the San Andreas fault.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
A recent theory as to why Encke has such a large debris stream is that it was once part of a larger comet that broke up about 20,000 years ago.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024
When I ask Encke what Mohammadi was like, he sighs and pauses for a full 10 seconds.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019
The Tunguska Event seems to have been caused by a chunk of Comet Encke, a piece substantially larger than the tiny fragments that cause those glittering, harmless meteor showers.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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