Obituary: Carolyn J. Shoemaker (1923-2020)
Abstract
Shoemaker was a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets. She was co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, whose impact on Jupiter garnered world-wide attention to the risk of impacts on Earth.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- February 2022
- DOI:
- 10.3847/25c2cfeb.cdaefb57
- Bibcode:
- 2022BAAS...54..018S