Daily Archive: February 21, 2017

Comet 2P/Encke: 21 Feb. 2017

Comet 2P/Encke: an image (21 Feb. 2017)

Comet 2P/Encke is a periodic comet, showing the shortest orbital period (3.3 years) known among the brightest objects of its kind. It will reach its next perihelion on 10 Mar. 2017. The image above...