Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
Comet Hale-Bopp was discovered on July, 23, 1995, independently by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, both from the United States.
Two guys named Hale and Bopp. Seriously. The comet was discovered independently by amateur astronomer and comet hunter Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, who didn't own a telescope but was using the one owned by a friend.
I'm not sure but I know it was discovered by Alan Hale And Thomas Bopp in1995.
Comet Hale-Bopp, which passed close to Earth in 1997, was discovered independently by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp in July 1995. The comet was unusually bright and became one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century.
The comet was named after the two astronomers who discovered it - Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
The hale-bopp comet is so named for the two astronomers who spotted and confirmed it first. Hale and Bopp.
The hale-bopp comet is so named for the two astronomers who spotted and confirmed it first. Hale and Bopp.
It was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp in 1995.
This comet was named after the 2 scientist who began the study of the effects of the comets collision with Jupiter. Their names were Shoemaker and Levy, thus naming the comet the Shoemaker-Levy comet. Obviously after crashing into Jupiter the comet no longer exists.
Comets such as this are in long drawn out eccentric orbits around the sun. It is likely that this comet was once in a slow distant orbit around the sun, on the edge of our solar system around the orbit distance of Pluto, or further. It may then have been knocked into it's current orbit through a collision with another object.
No, Comet Hale-Bopp did not crash into Jupiter. Comet Hale-Bopp made a close approach to the Earth in 1997, but its trajectory did not intersect with Jupiter.