Eugene Shoemaker Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Eugene Shoemaker was born on April 28, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Eugene Merle Shoemaker. He is known for his work on Asteroids: Deadly Impact (1997), Cosmic Travelers: Comets and Asteroids (1997) and Deep Impact (1998). He was married to Carolyn Shoemaker. He died on July 18, 1997 in Northern Territory, Australia.
In January 1998 he received the unprecedented honor of having a portion of his ashes launched to the Moon (aboard the Lunar Prospector probe).
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Co-discoverer in 1993 with Carolyn and astronomer David Levy of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, whose shattered pieces collided with the planet Jupiter the next year. Also co-discovered with Carolyn many other comets and hundreds of asteroids.
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Ironically killed in an impact himself: a head-on crash on a blind curve in the road, during a trip to Australia to search for craters. His wife Carolyn and the other driver survived with injuries.
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Received his Ph.D. at Princeton University, 1960, with a thesis on Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA.
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Astronomer and geologist; leading expert on impact craters.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Deep Impact
1998
comet advisor
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Asteroids: Deadly Impact
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Horizon
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself - US Geological Survey
Cosmic Travelers: Comets and Asteroids
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself
3 Minutes to Impact
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Stargazers
1994
TV Movie documentary
Himself
In Search of...
1981
TV Series documentary
Himself
Target... Earth?
1980
Documentary
Himself (as Dr. Eugene Shoemaker)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Meteorite Men
2010
TV Series
Himself
Naked Science
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Meteors: Fire in the Sky
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Asteroids: Deadly Impact (1997) as Himself
Cosmic Travelers: Comets and Asteroids (1997) as Himself
$7 Million
