Donald Edward Machholz was born on October 7, 1952, in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Machholz was a co-inventor of the Messier Marathon, a race to see all of the Messier objects in a single night. Amateur astronomer Machholz discovered 96P/Machholz in 1986 using 29×130 binoculars and a variety of methods.
Donald Machholz Cause of Death
The actual cause of his death has still not been made available to the public of August 2022. He died at the age of 69, on August 9, 2022. Since his death, a lot of friends and colleagues have sent their sup[port to his family.
He married photojournalist Michele Machholz in 2014 and lived in Wikieup, Arizona. The couple are expected to have at least a kid.
Machholz wrote a monthly column called Comet Comments for the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers from 1978 to 2000. This popular column was then distributed to astronomy clubs and individuals worldwide.