Carolyn Shoemaker, Hunter of Comets and Asteroids, Dies at 92

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Carolyn Shoemaker, Hunter of Comets and Asteroids, Dies at 92

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Carolyn Shoemaker, Hunter of Comets and Asteroids, has died at 92.

After her children left for college, she unexpectedly became astronomy’s record-setting spotter of unidentified objects hurtling through the cosmos.

https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/people/carolyn-shoemaker

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/scie ... 6ddce15117
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