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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. Her career in astronomy began when she demonstrated good stereoscopic vision, a particularly valuable quality for looking for objects in near-Earth space. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carolyn S. Shoemaker is the 141st most popular astronomer (up from 144th in 2019), the 1,898th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,917th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 141 out of 644. Before her are Wilhelm von Biela, Liisi Oterma, Jean Chacornac, Eric Walter Elst, Mary Somerville, and Auguste Charlois. After her are William Henry Pickering, George Darwin, Oskar Backlund, Williamina Fleming, Antonio Abetti, and Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 110. Before her are Nicolai Ghiaurov, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Andriyan Nikolayev, Joan Plowright, Michael Atiyah, and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. After her are Věra Chytilová, Branko Zebec, June Carter Cash, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, André Previn, and Bob Newhart. Among people deceased in 2021, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 90. Before her are Larry Flynt, Kim Yong-ju, Mamnoon Hussain, Bernard Tapie, Jean-Luc Nancy, and George Jung. After her are John McAfee, Richard Donner, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Ronald DeFeo Jr., Christa Ludwig, and Abdelkader Bensalah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 1,898 out of 20,380. Before her are Helen Hunt (1963), Lloyd Bridges (1913), James Dwight Dana (1813), Barry Seal (1939), Ben Gazzara (1930), and Elliott Gould (1938). After her are John Foster Dulles (1888), Robert Loggia (1930), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Scott Glenn (1939), Patch Adams (1945), and Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Carolyn S. Shoemaker ranks 25. Before her are Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), James Van Allen (1914), Frank Drake (1930), and Maria Mitchell (1818). After her are William Henry Pickering (1858), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Harlow Shapley (1885), Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), and Henry Draper (1837).

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