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    Eugene 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...
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  • 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...
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    interest in planetary science until she met and married geologist Eugene Merle Shoemaker. Her career in astronomy began when she demonstrated good stereoscopic...
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    Company," and a private museum was constructed on the crater rim. Eugene Merle Shoemaker continued investigations at the crater. A key discovery was the...
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    maiden flight of the Vulcan Centaur. Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928–1997), astronomer and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. Clyde Tombaugh (1906–1997)...
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    World War II Eugene Parker (1927-2022), American solar and plasma physicist, after which the Parker Solar Probe was named Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928–1997)...
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  • 4197 Morpheus (category Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker)
    discovered on 11 October 1982, by American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was...
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    cartography. It is housed in the Shoemaker Building in Flagstaff, Arizona. The Center was established in 1963 by Eugene Merle Shoemaker to provide lunar geologic...
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    crater. Lechatelierite Seifertite Shatter cone Shock metamorphism Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1959). Impact mechanics at Meteor crater, Arizona. US Geological...
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    118P/Shoemaker–Levy (also known as periodic comet Shoemaker–Levy 4) is a comet discovered by astronomers Carolyn and Eugene M. Shoemaker and David Levy...
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    period of about 8 years. The comet was discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene M. Shoemaker, and Henry E. Holt on 9 March 1989. The comet then had an apparent...
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    crater, and it was not until as recently as 1963 that research by Eugene Merle Shoemaker conclusively proved this hypothesis. The findings of late 20th-century...
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    3554 Amun (category Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker)
    a Venus-crosser. It was discovered on 4 March 1986 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Mount Palomar Observatory, and named for the ancient Egyptian deity...
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  • (99907) 1989 VA (category Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker)
    discovered on 2 November 1989, by American astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and Canadian astronomer David Levy at the Palomar Observatory on Mount...
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  • Pacific Railway Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928–1997), planetary scientist and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Francis Shoemaker (1889–1958), member...
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    14827 Hypnos 1986 Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker List 4197 Morpheus 1982 Eleanor F. Helin, Eugene Merle Shoemaker List 4183 Cuno 1959 Cuno Hoffmeister...
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  • 7088 Ishtar (category Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker)
    It was discovered on 1 January 1992, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. The relatively bright asteroid...
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    129P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 3, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It fits the definition of an Encke-type comet with (TJupiter...
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  • Geneva, Illinois) Eugene Merle Shoemaker – geologist, one of the founders of the field of planetary science, co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (originally...
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    Disease, but others have disputed this. Scientist Eugene Merle Shoemaker, co-discoverer of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 had Addison's Disease. Adrenalism Adrenal...
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  • sciences, such as geophysics, geomorphology, and geochemistry. Eugene Merle Shoemaker is credited with bringing geologic principles to planetary mapping...
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  • on the surface of the Moon. Astronomer Eugene Merle Shoemaker (BS 1947, MS 1948) co-discovered Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (a comet which crashed into the...
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    1991—Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Edward C. Stone, Steven Weinberg 1992—Eugene Merle Shoemaker 1993—Val Logsdon Fitch, Vera Rubin 1994—Albert Overhauser, Frank...
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    William Kenneth Hartmann H. Jay Melosh Graham Ryder Peter H. Schultz Eugene Merle Shoemaker Earth Impact Database Impact Field Studies Group Lunar and Planetary...
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  • Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory, is named after the goddess. Ninkasi Brewing Company from Eugene, Oregon, founded...
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    6478 Gault (category Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker)
    asteroid was discovered on 12 May 1988, by astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. It was named in honor of...
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  • 4450 Pan (category Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker)
    was discovered on 25 September 1987, by American astronomers Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. It was named...
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  • (Bulgaria, 1930–2010) Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (United States, 1929–2021) Eugene Merle Shoemaker (United States, 1928–1997) Seth Shostak (United...
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    (Tombaugh's Star), August 1990 Astronomy portal Carolyn S. Shoemaker Eugene Merle Shoemaker List of minor planet discoverers This comet crashed into Jupiter...
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  • general (d. 1991) 1928 – Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962) 1928 – Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer (d. 1997) 1930 – James Baker...
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