What is Thomas Bopp?
{{Infobox person |name=Thomas Bopp |image=Bopp.jpg |birth_date={{Birth date|1949|10|15|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Denver]], Colorado, United States |death_date={{Death date and age|2018|01|06|1949|10|15|mf=y}} |death_place=[[Phoenix, Arizona]], United States |alma_mater=[[Youngstown State University]] |occupation= [[Public speaking|Professional speaker]], [[amateur astronomer]] | known_for =Co-discovery of [[comet Hale–Bopp]] with [[Alan Hale (astronomer)|Alan Hale]] }} '''Thomas J. Bopp''' (October 15, 1949 – January 6, 2018) was an American [[astronomer]]. He was best known as the co-discoverer of [[comet Hale–Bopp]] (with [[Alan Hale (astronomer)|Alan Hale]]) in 1995.<ref>Ramamurthy G. (August 2005). ''Biographical Dictionary of Great Astronomers'', Surah Books (pvt) Ltd., Chennai</ref> On the night of July 22, Bopp was observing the sky with friends in the Arizona desert when he made the discovery. It was the first comet he had observed and he was using a borrowed, home-built [[telescope]]. Hale and Bopp both discovered the [[comet]] by chance at approximately the same time. Bopp died on January 6, 2018 in [[Phoenix, Arizona]] from [[liver failure]] at the age of 68.<ref>[https://www.cieletespace.fr/actualites/thomas-bopp-codecouvreur-de-la-comete-hale-bopp-nous-a-quitte Thomas Bopp, codécouvreur de la comète Hale-Bopp nous a quitté] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/ Comet Hale-Bopp Homepage at JPL] *[http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/timeline.html Comet Hale–Bopp Timeline – 1997] {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bopp, Thomas}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:American astronomers]] [[Category:Scientists from Youngstown, Ohio]] [[Category:Scientists from Denver]] [[Category:Deaths from liver failure]]