BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Comet Encke

COMET · the speedy regular
Comet Encke
AI illustration of the real object
RETURNS EVERY 3.3 years, the shortest knownGIFT the Taurid meteor showers

No comet comes back more often: Encke laps the Sun every 3.3 years. After thousands of visits it has grown faint and tired, but it leaves a generous trail of dust behind. When Earth plows through that trail each year, we get the Taurid meteor showers, sometimes with spectacular fireballs. A quiet comet with a loud legacy.

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