Comet Shoemaker

Comet Shoemaker or Shoemaker's Comet may refer to any of the 13 comets discovered by American astronomers, Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker, below:

  • 102P/Shoemaker 1
  • 155P/Shoemaker 3
  • 199P/Shoemaker 4
  • C/1983 R1 (Shoemaker)
  • C/1984 K1 (Shoemaker)
  • C/1984 U1 (Shoemaker)
  • C/1984 U2 (Shoemaker)
  • C/1986 E1 (Shoemaker)
  • C/1987 H1 (Shoemaker)
  • C/1988 B1 (Shoemaker)
  • C/1989 A5 (Shoemaker)
  • C/1989 A6 (Shoemaker)
  • C/1992 U1 (Shoemaker)

It may also be a partial reference to 19 other comets they have co-discovered with other astronomers: