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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 86th most popular astronomer (down from 69th in 2019), the 1,150th most popular biography from United States (down from 946th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 86 out of 644. Before him are Antony Hewish, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, John Russell Hind, Percival Lowell, Arthur B. McDonald, and Karl Ludwig Harding. After him are George O. Abell, Mariam al-Asturlabi, Petrus Apianus, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Jacques Cassini, and Ferdinand Verbiest.

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Among people born in 1928, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 54. Before him are Vera Rubin, Manfred Gerlach, Li Ka-shing, Francesco Cossiga, Li Peng, and Alfonso de Portago. After him are Peyo, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Daniel Nathans, Osamu Shimomura, Hardy Krüger, and Reynaldo Bignone. Among people deceased in 1997, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 40. Before him are Aldo Rossi, Helenio Herrera, John Eccles, Chaim Herzog, Dora Maar, and Chien-Shiung Wu. After him are Dodi Fayed, Zoltán Czibor, Otto Ernst Remer, Colonel Tom Parker, Willem de Kooning, and Teiichi Matsumaru.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 1,150 out of 20,380. Before him are Phylicia Rashad (1948), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Mike Wallace (1918), Michael Cimino (1939), Steve Buscemi (1957), and Ferid Murad (1936). After him are Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), James Jones (1921), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Michelle Williams (1980), Dennis Tito (1940), and Kenny Rogers (1938).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Eugene Merle Shoemaker ranks 11. Before him are 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), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), James Van Allen (1914), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Frank Drake (1930), and Cleveland Abbe (1838).

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