What is truely amazing that Alan Hale co-discovered Hale-Bopp in 1995 (fact), while Alan Hale, Sr. died in 1950 and Alan Hale, Jr. died in 1990.
Wow! I do not think that they were related. Larry PS yes, I do think that the Thomas Bopp who left the list was the real Bopp of Hale-Bopp. :( > On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:07:28 -0400, you wrote: > >>While we're on the off topic of old movies, did anyone realize that Alan >>Hale, the Skipper's (Alan Hale Jr.), dad, was the co-discoverer of the >>most widely observed comet of the 20th Century? >> >>Phil (Think IRONY, people!) Whitmer > > And (possibly) the OTHER discoverer of that comet gave up on this list > just a > couple of days ago! > > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2009-August/055920.html > > (Unless it was someone else named "Thomas Bopp".) > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
