Shoemaker-Levy 9
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Shoemaker-Levy 9
C20: after Carolyn Shoemaker (born 1929), Eugene Shoemaker (1928–97), and David Levy (born 1948), US astronomers, who discovered the orbiting fragments
Example Sentences
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She will study Jupiter’s thin ring, which may still be rippling in the wake of the 1994 impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 11, 2022
The best-known impact at Jupiter was that of the 19 fragments of a comet called Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1994.
From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2021
In 1994, the first of 21 pieces of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter, to the joy of astronomers awaiting the celestial fireworks.
From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2020
Especially spectacular was the fate of the faint Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which broke into about 20 pieces when it passed close to Jupiter in July 1992.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Shoemaker-Levy 9 had been orbiting Jupiter in a fairly conspicuous manner since 1929, but it took over half a century before anyone noticed.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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