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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:22, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Thomas Bopp

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Comet Hale-Bopp taken by Michael K. Fairbanks
Comet Hale-Bopp taken by Michael K. Fairbanks
  • ... that when amateur astronomer Thomas Bopp co-discovered comet Hale-Bopp (pictured) he had never seen a comet before and was using a borrowed telescope? Source: "He...pointed it out to the friend who owned the telescope he was using." "Bopp, a manager at a construction materials factory, had never seen a comet" National Geographic

5x expanded by Mramoeba (talk). Self-nominated at 23:20, 21 December 2016 (UTC).

  • New enough (expanded by Mramoeba Dec 21), readable prose expanded +5x (from 223 to 1357 words). NPOV, fully referenced, copyvio looks good [1]. Hook interesting, reliably sourced at National Geographic. Image has appropriate license and is a good size. QPQ done. Good to go. Ultracobalt (talk) 01:07, 28 December 2016 (UTC)