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Eugene Merle Shoemaker

1928 - 1997

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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 and David H. Levy. This comet hit Jupiter in July 1994: the impact was televised around the world. Shoemaker also studied terrestrial craters, such as Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, and along with Edward Chao provided the first conclusive evidence of its origin as an impact crater. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugene Merle Shoemaker is the 69th most popular astronomer, the 946th most popular biography from United States and the 11th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 69 out of 644. Before him are Asaph Hall, Pierre Méchain, Albert Marth, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, and Arthur B. McDonald. After him are John Flamsteed, Jacques Cassini, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Antonio Abetti, James Bradley, and Walter Baade.

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Among people born in 1928, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 50. Before him are Carlos Fuentes, Francesco Cossiga, Tommaso Buscetta, Maya Angelou, Reynaldo Bignone, and Alfonso de Portago. After him are Li Ka-shing, Arnold Rüütel, Karlheinz Böhm, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Geert Hofstede, and Li Peng. Among people deceased in 1997, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 41. Before him are Zoltán Czibor, Chien-Shiung Wu, Willem de Kooning, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Cornelius Castoriadis, and John Eccles. After him are John Kendrew, Otto Ernst Remer, Diosdado Macapagal, Anton LaVey, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, and Alfred Hershey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 946 out of 20,380. Before him are Estée Lauder (1906), Kobe Bryant (1978), Leon M. Lederman (1922), James Earl Jones (1931), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933), and Billy Bob Thornton (1955). After him are Chick Corea (1941), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Henry Way Kendall (1926), Keith Haring (1958), D. W. Griffith (1875), and Jonathan Banks (1947).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 11. Before him are Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Vera Rubin (1928), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), William Alfred Fowler (1911), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), and Asaph Hall (1829). After him are Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Percival Lowell (1855), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), and Annie Jump Cannon (1863).

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