Thomas Bopp (astronomer)
Thomas J. Bopp (born October 15, 1949 in Denver , Colorado , † January 5, 2018 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American amateur astronomer .
After graduating from high school in 1967 and several years of military service with the US Air Force in the Philippines and Tucson , Bopp studied economics at Youngstown State University . From 1980 he worked as a manager near Phoenix .
On July 23, 1995, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered the comet Hale-Bopp independently of one another .
The asteroid (7086) Bopp , discovered on October 5, 1991, was named after him and his father Frank Bopp in 1997. He was married and had a daughter.
Web links
- Autobiography ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Bopp, whose name was memorialized in a comet, dies at 68 , Washington Post , accessed January 10, 2018
- ↑ [1] Phil Plait on Twitter
- ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 30100
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bopp, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bopp, Thomas J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American amateur astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denver , Colorado |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 2018 |
| Place of death | Phoenix , Arizona |