Comet Hale-Bopp was one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months after its 1995 discovery by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, owing to an unusually large nucleus roughly 60 kilometers across.
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Diameter (km)Nucleus diameter, roughly 60 plus or minus 20 km. Discovery Year Connections
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Comet Hale-Bopp was one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months after its 1995 discovery by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, owing to an unusually large nucleus roughly 60 kilometers across.
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Its massive nucleus size made it visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months.
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Comet Hale-Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a long-period comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.
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