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
These showers, known for their slow-moving, long-lasting meteors, are linked to Comet Encke.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
People did whatever they wanted: Encke remembers one client who used his time there to sleep on the warm compost heap.
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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