Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Bopp


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

Thomas Bopp

 * ... 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
 * Reviewed: Montane wood mouse

5x expanded by Mramoeba (talk). Self-nominated at 23:20, 21 December 2016 (UTC).
 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough (expanded by Mramoeba Dec 21), readable prose expanded +5x (from 223 to 1357 words). NPOV, fully referenced, copyvio looks good . 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)