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I'm sure number 3 won't be too far away for Terry.
It is fascinating how kings, patrons etc have given substantial (at the time) rewards to comet discoverers of past years. I have read about King Frederick V1 of Denmark, who some 170 years ago gave solid gold medals for telescopic discoveries. The King of France offering Messier the equivalent of $200 for each discovery and some 100 odd years ago a HH Warner in the USA giving cash rewards to discoverers. I think it goes back even further that with rewards for discoverers of naked eye apparitions, harbingers, and portents apparently including land? I guess so long as you were on the side of the army that it brought the most luck to, otherwise you may have lost your head. So today the tradition of rewarding comet discoverers (criteria apply) continues with the Edgar Wilson award. Just as well we are more civilised now, otherwise the 2008 economic collapse etc might have seen all 5 in a bit of strife....
PeterM.
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