Template:Did you know nominations/Comet Kohoutek

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:20, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Comet Kohoutek

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Comet Kohoutek

... that although "comet of the century" Comet Kohoutek (pictured) appeared far less bright than anticipated, its study helped prove the dirty snowball hypothesis? Source: multiple ones in the article
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tayaw, kinpun
- Comment: Open to variants of the hook, but would very much like the picture to run!

Improved to Good Article status by TheAustinMan (talk). Nominated by LordPeterII (talk) at 10:34, 7 September 2022 (UTC).

I also smell a potential April's Fools hook here:

ALT1fool: ... that Kohoutek was the first to be proven a dirty snowball?

Let me know what you think of that :) –LordPickleII (talk) 14:29, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Recent promotion to Good Article verified. QPQ done. Although DYK sourcing rules exceed GA rules, this is thoroughly sourced, as one would expect for a GA. The GA review seems to have been a little superficial, and I don't see any evidence of checks against improper copying, but Earwig found only properly marked direct quotes, proper noun phrases, and set phrases, nothing problematic. The picture is still pretty at thumbnail size and properly licensed. I don't think ALT1 is counterfactual or surprising enough to be an April Fool hook, so let's go with either that or ALT0 as a normal hook (both are ok for that purpose). —David Eppstein (talk) 19:48, 12 September 2022 (UTC)