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Eugene Shoemaker
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 27 years ago |
Date of birth | April 28,1928 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Date of died | July 18,1997 |
Died | Alice Springs |
Australia | |
Books | In the Footsteps of John Wesley Powell: An Album of Comparative Photographs of the Green and Colorado Rivers, 1871-72 and 1968 |
Books | |
Notes on the Moenkopi Formation in the Salt Anticline Region of Colorado and Utah | |
Known for | Planetary science |
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 | |
Awards | G. K. Gilbert Award |
Barringer Medal | |
National Medal of Science | |
William Bowie Medal | |
James Craig Watson Medal | |
Rittenhouse Medal | |
Born | Los Angeles |
California | |
United States | |
Current partner | Carolyn S. Shoemaker |
Discovered | Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 |
8347 Lallaward | |
29137 Alanboss | |
Movies/Shows | Asteroids: Deadly Impact |
Cosmic Travelers Comets And Asteroids | |
Close-Up on the Planets | |
Education | Princeton University |
California Institute of Technology | |
Nationality | American |
Academic advisor | Harry Hammond Hess |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 731655 |
Eugene Shoemaker Life story
Eugene Merle Shoemaker 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.