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Carolyn S. Shoemaker

1929 - 2021

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Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (June 24, 1929 – August 13, 2021) was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She discovered 32 comets (then a record for the most by an individual) and more than 500 asteroids. Having earned degrees in history, political science, and English literature, she had little interest in planetary science until she met and married geologist Eugene Merle Shoemaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carolyn S. Shoemaker has received more than 252,882 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Carolyn S. Shoemaker is the 144th most popular astronomer (down from 109th in 2019), the 1,917th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,712th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 144 out of 644. Before her are Dorothea Klumpke, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Henry Draper, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, August Kopff, and Johann Daniel Titius. After her are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Mariam al-Asturlabi, George Biddell Airy, Eugène Joseph Delporte, and Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 125. Before her are Joan Plowright, Hugo Claus, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Don Murray, and Filaret. After her are Whitey Bulger, Fred Phelps, Robert Faurisson, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Rafael Eitan, and Édouard Balladur. Among people deceased in 2021, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 101. Before her are Franco Battiato, Norodom Ranariddh, Đorđe Balašević, Didier Ratsiraka, Mira Furlan, and Max Mosley. After her are Viktor Bryukhanov, Christian Boltanski, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Luis del Sol, Kim Yong-ju, and Marion Ramsey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 1,917 out of 20,380. Before her are Daryl Hannah (1960), Bernard Baruch (1870), Elizabeth Bishop (1911), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Ben Shapiro (1984), and Jeffery Deaver (1950). After her are Frank Stella (1936), Lee Remick (1935), Fred Haise (1933), Bruno Mars (1985), Eddie Constantine (1913), and Jean Arthur (1900).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 26. Before her are Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Frank Drake (1930), Cleveland Abbe (1838), Maria Mitchell (1818), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), and Henry Draper (1837). After her are Andrea M. Ghez (1965), George Phillips Bond (1825), Harlow Shapley (1885), Michael H. Hart (1932), J. Allen Hynek (1910), and William Henry Pickering (1858).

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