Karl Ludwig Hencke

Karl Ludwig Hencke
Born(1793-04-08)8 April 1793
Driesen, Brandenburg (now Drezdenko, Poland)
Died21 September 1866(1866-09-21) (aged 73)
Marienwerder, Prussia (now Kwidzyn)
Known fordiscovering minor planets

Karl Ludwig Hencke (8 April 1793 – 21 September 1866) was a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He is sometimes confused with Johann Franz Encke, another German astronomer.

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