On this day in 1928 - April 28th - American geologist and planetary scientist Gene Shoemaker was born.

Shoemaker was one of the founders of the study of planetary science. And with his wife Carolyn and David Levy, he was co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 which hit Jupiter.


Mona Evans
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