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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.
2 days ago · Search for: 'Eugene Merle Shoemaker' in Oxford Reference ». (1928–97)American planetary geologist. In 1952 he began to study Meteor Crater in Arizona, and became convinced that it and other terrestrial and lunar craters—which many believed to be volcanic—were impact features, especially after his discovery of coesite at terrestrial craters.
Jun 3, 2011 · Geologist Eugene Shoemaker shaped his science into a new form, astrogeology and propelled it to the forefront of lunar and planetary exploration. In the face of formidable doubt by advocates of volcanism.he established (with Ralph Baldwin) the impact origin of craters on the Earth and the Moon.
- Don E. Wilhelms
- 03 June 2011
- 1999
- 80, Issue8
Born in Los Angeles, California, on 1928 April 28, Eugene Merle Shoemaker graduated from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena at the age of 19. A thesis on the petrology of Precambrian metamorphic rocks earned him a master's degree only a year later, at which point he joined the United States Geological Survey, an organization ...
By Princeton Alumni Weekly. Eugene Merle Shoemaker of Flagstaff, Ariz., distinguished astronomer and comet specialist, died July 18, 1987, in an automobile accident near Alice Springs, Australia. He was 69. His wife and close collaborator in astronomical research for decades suffered broken bones and was hospitalized.
May 21, 2018 · SHOEMAKER, EUGENE MERLE. ( b. Los Angeles, California, 28 April, 1928; d. near Alice Springs, Australia, 18 July 1997), space science, astrogeology, studies of the populations of comets and asteroids, specifically those that could strike the Earth. Shoemaker began a new science—the history of the solar system and the often violent ...
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Jul 19, 1997 · Dr. Eugene Merle Shoemaker, who, with his wife, Carolyn, held a world record for the number of comets discovered, was killed yesterday in a car accident near Alice Springs, Australia.
