Bopp

(1991 TA1 )
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Discovery Chart

5.10.1991 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of Tom Bopp, codiscoverer of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp), and his father, Frank Bopp. During the last year the two Bopps have enjoyed observing the comet and in lecturing about it as a team. Tom Bopp is an accomplished observer and Frank a superb machinist who has fashioned materials for the Shoemaker-Levy observing program. (M 30100) _ _.


Discovered on 5-10-1991 in Palomar by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M.

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