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gptkbp:instanceOf
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astronomer
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:California_State_Polytechnic_University,_Pomona
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:Leslie_C._Peltier_Award
Cunningham Award
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1952-10-07
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Portland,_Oregon,_United_States
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gptkbp:causeOfDeath
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gptkb:COVID-19
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gptkbp:deathDate
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2022-08-09
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Colfax,_California,_United_States
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:California_State_Polytechnic_University,_Pomona
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Donald Machholz
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gptkbp:knownFor
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discovering comets
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Astronomical_Society_of_the_Pacific
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notableCometDiscovery
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C/1978 C1 (Machholz)
C/1978 R3 (Machholz)
C/1985 K1 (Machholz)
C/1986 J1 (Machholz)
C/1986 P1 (Machholz)
C/1987 K2 (Machholz)
C/1988 F1 (Levy) (Machholz)
C/1988 P1 (Machholz)
C/1992 F1 (Machholz)
C/1994 N1 (Machholz)
C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)
C/2010 F4 (Machholz)
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gptkbp:notableWork
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co-inventor of Messier Marathon
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gptkbp:numberOfCometsDiscovered
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12
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gptkbp:occupation
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astronomer
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:Sky_&_Telescope
gptkb:Astronomy_Magazine
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Colfax,_California,_United_States
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gptkbp:spouse
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Lauretta Machholz
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gptkbp:website
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https://cometman.net/
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gptkbp:wrote
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A Messier Marathon Observer's Log
An Observer's Guide to Comet Hale-Bopp
Decade of Comets
The Messier Marathon Observer's Guide
The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Amateur_astronomers
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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