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Thomas Bopp was born in 1949.
Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
The comet was named after the two astronomers who discovered it - Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
I'm not sure but I know it was discovered by Alan Hale And Thomas Bopp in1995.
Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1), which came close to the planet in 1997, in 1995.