Shoemaker-Levy

English Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 David H. Levy#Comet discoveries Etymology From the surnames of the astronomers Carolyn Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy, who discovered several comets. Pronunciation en /ˈʃu.meɪˌkɝ ˈlɛ.vi/ US, sho͞oʹmā-kûr' lĕʹvi Proper noun Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, a comet which collided with Jupiter. en 1994 The Michigan Alumnus 19 Everything about last July's six-day-long collision of Jupiter and the twenty-one pieces that had made up Shoemaker-Levy was on the giant Jovian scale. en 1994 Astronomy Now Astronomer Eugene Shoemaker reassured reporters even as the biggest fragment of Shoemaker-Levy was no "dinosaur killer". en 2012 Russell Gerald Johnston Random Wisdom 462 iUniverse 9781475917697 Shoemaker-Levy was broken up into a string of pearls by a close encounter with Jupiter, and on their next orbit the pearls slammed into Jupiter one after the other in quick succession. Usage notes Levy and the Shoemakers discovered at least thirteen comets together which are all named Comet Shoemaker-Levy, but Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 is the only one generally referred to without its title or number. en eponyms en Astronomy