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Without any RM revisit, maybe there should be a brief blurb in the article that the IAU refers to the comet as Hale-Bopp ... ? That might put some of the concerns to bed without renaming the article/changing MOS.50.111.24.158 (talk)14:45, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This would make a logical next section!Grassynoel (talk)09:53, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, it would be way off topic for this article as it would have nothing to do with Hale-Bopp. --Kheider (talk)16:21, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is an error in this arcticle, where they describe the formation of ice at temperatures under "absolute zero"187.189.108.156 (talk)22:38, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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