Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
Facts
9 propertiesIdentity
- Instance of
- comet
More facts +8
- Diameter
- 1.8[12]
- Discoverer or inventor
- Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, David H. Levy[2][3][4]
- Dissolved
- July 1, 1994
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- July 1, 1994[11]
- Site of astronomical discovery
- Palomar Observatory[5]
- Time of discovery or invention
- March 24, 1993[10]
- VIAF cluster ID
- 248702969
- Library of Congress authority ID
- sh95006176
- GND ID
- 4362202-1
- Bing entity ID
- 4900e311-2767-dbc8-d14d-332837669880
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- topic/Comet-Shoemaker-Levy-9
- Freebase ID
- /m/01znl
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- cometa-shoemaker-levy-9
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0263091
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Shoemaker-Levy_9
- Lex ID
- Shoemaker-Levy_9
- Minor Planet Center body ID
- D/1993 F2
- NAIF ID
- 1000130
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- National Library of Israel ID (old)
- 000836803
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007553905705171
- ScienceDirect topic ID
- earth-and-planetary-sciences/shoemaker-levy-9-comet, physics-and-astronomy/shoemaker-levy-9-comet
- Yale LUX ID
- place/8c57156b-9ed5-4159-8d88-c1ca2e033c10
Discoverer or inventor 3
Named after 3
Instance of 1
Parent astronomical body 1
Site of astronomical discovery 1
← Child astronomical body 1
← SNARC ID 1
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Summary
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 is a comet[1].
Body
History and Context
Things named after include Eugene Merle Shoemaker[6], an astronomer[13], 1928–1997[14], of United States[15], awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal[16], specialised in geology[17]; Carolyn S. Shoemaker[7], an astronomer[18], 1929–2021[19], of United States[20], awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal[21], specialised in astronomy[22]; and David H. Levy[8], an astronomer[23], b. 1948[24], of United States[25], specialised in astronomy[26].