Talk:Alan Duffy (astronomer)

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A fact from Alan Duffy (astronomer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 September 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that astronomer Alan Duffy is constructing a dark matter detector 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) underground in a gold mine?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alan Duffy (astronomer).

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The subject has requested that his middle name is not used, just the initial, and that his full date of birth not be revealed, just the year. Please respect this, per Wikipedia's policy in favor of privacy. --Gronk Oz (talk) 02:00, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]