Shoemaker-Levy

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, a comet which collided with Jupiter.

Origin

  • From the surnames of the astronomers Carolyn Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy, who discovered several comets.

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