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'The Second known, Periodic Comet to be discovered is Encke's Comet. It was first recorded by Pierre Méchain in 1786. It's orbit was computed in 1819, by Johann Franz Encke and was named after him similar to the naming of Hailey's Comet. It completes an orbit of the sun once in every 3 years thereby making it 'The Comet with the Shortest Period of orbit, of any known Comet'.
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