Carolyn Shoemaker: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As Carolyn Spellman
Born June 24, 1929 • GallupNew Mexico
Died August 13, 2021 (aged 92) • FlagstaffArizona
Subjects Of Study David H. LevyGene ShoemakercometComet Shoemaker-Levy 9

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Gene Shoemaker
American astrogeologist
David H. Levy
Canadian astronomer and science writer
Fred L. Whipple
American astronomer
Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell
American astronomer
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
British scientist
Maria Kirch
German astronomer
Olbers, detail from an engraving
Wilhelm Olbers
German astronomer
Peter Naur
Danish astronomer and computer scientist
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Italian astronomer
John Bainbridge
English astronomer
Pierre Mechain
French scientist
Giovanni Battista Donati
Italian astronomer
Alexis Bouvard
French astronomer
Wilhelm, Freiherr von Biela
Austrian astronomer
Alvan Graham Clark
American astronomer
Henry Norris Russell
American astronomer
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer
Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin
American astronomer
Simon Newcomb, c. 1905.
Simon Newcomb
American astronomer and mathematician

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