[meteorite-list] The Skipper's Dad Co-Discovers a Comet!

From: McCartney Taylor <mccartney_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:17:48 -0500
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When I briefly met Alan Hale, Jr aka The Skipper, the only observing he wanted to do was women.

I don't think he could tell a planet from a star, but he sure liked watching the stellar objects of the female form divine.

-mt

-------- Original Message --------
> From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:01 PM
> To: cynapse at charter.net
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Skipper's Dad Co-Discovers a Comet!
>
> 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. :(
>
> >
Received on Tue 01 Sep 2009 05:17:48 PM PDT