Definitions for "Encke"
Johann Franz Encke (1791-1865) German astronomer at the Seeberg Observatory, Switzerland. Determined period of the comet discovered by Pons and showed it to be identical with comets of other years.
Encke is a lunar crater that is located on the western edge of the Mare Insularum, to the south-southeast of the Kepler crater. The small Kunowsky crater lies to the east-southeast on the mare.