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Bookmark or Share- Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 - WikipediaThe comet was discovered by astronomers Carolyn and Eugene M. Shoemaker, and David Levy in 1993. Shoemaker–Levy 9 (SL9) had been captured by Jupiter and was orbiting the planet at the time. It was located on the night of March 24 in a photograph taken with the 46 cm (18 in) Schmidt telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California. It was ...
- Gene Shoemaker | Comets, Asteroids, Astronomer | BritannicaGene Shoemaker (born April 28, 1928, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.—died July 18, 1997, near Alice Springs, N.Terr., Austl.) was an American astrogeologist who—along with his wife, Carolyn Shoemaker, and David H. Levy—discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet in 1993.
- Eugene Merle Shoemaker - WikipediaEugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was an American geologist. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy. This comet hit Jupiter in July 1994: the impact was televised around the world.
- Gene Shoemaker - Founder of Astrogeology | U.S. Geological SurveyGene Shoemaker - Founder of Astrogeology. By Astrogeology Science Center. He once said he considered himself a scientific historian, one whose mission in life is to relate geologic and planetary events in a perspective manner.
- Eugene Shoemaker | The Planetary SocietyEugene "Gene" Shoemaker was a geologist and one of the founders of the field of planetary science. He is perhaps best known for co-discovering the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy. Shoemaker studied the impact dynamics of Barringer Crater in Arizona for his Ph.D. at Princeton University, which he received in ...
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