passing of Thomas Bopp

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11 January 2018 at 6:48 pm #573919
Denis Buczynski
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Last week we heard of the unfortunate death of Thomas Bopp, the famous co discoverer of Comet Hale- Bopp C/1995O1. The BAA Comet Section passes on our condolences to his family.
Below are two links related to him and his discovery.
Denis Buczynski
Secretary BAA Comet Section

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/thomas-bopp-whose-name-was-memorialized-in-a-comet-dies-at-68/2018/01/09/4e081bc6-f552-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.c367856855b2

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bopp
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11 January 2018 at 8:05 pm #578950

David Swan
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Thanks for pointing this out Denis. At the end of the Wiki article, Bopp is quoted as having said something I wholeheartedly agree with:

“I’ll never give up looking at the skies. There’s so many beautiful things there. And I love to share that with people.”
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