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Karl Ludwig Hencke

Karl Ludwig Hencke

German amateur astronomer
Karl Ludwig Hencke was a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He is sometimes confused with Johann Franz Encke, another German astronomer. Wikipedia
Born: April 8, 1793, Brandenburg, Germany
Died: September 21, 1866 (age 73 years), Kwidzyn, Poland
Discovered: 6 Hebe and 5 Astraea