David H. Levy
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| 6398 Timhunter
6398 Timhunter
6398 Timhunter is a main belt asteroid. It is named for the American astronomer Tim Hunter.- External links :...
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| 6401 Roentgen
6401 Roentgen
6401 Roentgen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 15, 1991 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 6485 Wendeesther
6485 Wendeesther
6485 Wendeesther is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on October 25, 1990 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 6670 Wallach
6670 Wallach
6670 Wallach is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 4, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 6715 Sheldonmarks
6715 Sheldonmarks
6715 Sheldonmarks is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1990 by H. E. Holt and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 6914 Becquerel
6914 Becquerel
6914 Becquerel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1992 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 7344 Summerfield
7344 Summerfield
7344 Summerfield is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 4, 1992 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 8021 Walter
8021 Walter
8021 Walter is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1990 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 8358 Rickblakley
8358 Rickblakley
8358 Rickblakley is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 4, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 9070 Ensab
9070 Ensab
9070 Ensab is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 23, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 9083 Ramboehm
9083 Ramboehm
9083 Ramboehm is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 28, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 10332 Defi
10332 Defi
10332 Defi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 13, 1991 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.Named for a costumed run through the streets of Montreal, Canada for a fundraising event for cancer research programs at Montreal universities since 1990 by the...
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| 10346 Triathlon
10346 Triathlon
10346 Triathlon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 2, 1992 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 11548 Jerrylewis
11548 Jerrylewis
11548 Jerrylewis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 25, 1992 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 11569 Virgilsmith
11569 Virgilsmith
11569 Virgilsmith is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2001.2058377 days . The asteroid was discovered on May 27, 1993....
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| 11911 Angel
11911 Angel
11911 Angel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 4, 1992 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 11941 Archinal
11941 Archinal
11941 Archinal is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on May 23, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 13057 Jorgensen
13057 Jorgensen
13057 Jorgensen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 13, 1990 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 13111 Papacosmas
13111 Papacosmas
13111 Papacosmas is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on July 23, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 13123 Tyson
13123 Tyson
13123 Tyson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 16, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium.- External links :*...
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| 13615 Manulis
13615 Manulis
13615 Manulis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 28, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 14429 Coyne
14429 Coyne
14429 Coyne is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 3, 1991 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :...
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| 15276 Diebel
15276 Diebel
15276 Diebel is a main belt asteroid. Discovered on April 14th, 1991 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy at Palomar Observatory with the 18" Schmidt Camera, it was originally designated 1991 GA10. Also known as a minor planet or planetoid, 1991 GA10 was renamed by the discoverers for John...
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| 15294 Underwood
15294 Underwood
15294 Underwood is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1991 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory. Named in honor of building plans examiner Lynn Underwoor of Vail, Arizona...
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| 15321 Donnadean
15321 Donnadean
15321 Donnadean is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 13, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 15779 Scottroberts
15779 Scottroberts
15779 Scottroberts is a main belt asteroid. Discovered on July 26, 1993 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy at Palomar Observatory with the 18" Schmidt Camera, it was originally designated 1993 OA3. Also known as a minor planet or planetoid, 1993 OA3 was renamed by the discoverers for Scott W...
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| 16514 Stevelia
16514 Stevelia
16514 Stevelia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 11, 1990 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 16669 Rionuevo
16669 Rionuevo
16669 Rionuevo is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on December 8, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 17493 Wildcat
17493 Wildcat
17493 Wildcat is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on December 31, 1991 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 18368 Flandrau
18368 Flandrau
18368 Flandrau is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on April 15, 1991 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 18434 Mikesandras
18434 Mikesandras
18434 Mikesandras is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 12, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 19980 Barrysimon
19980 Barrysimon
19980 Barrysimon is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on November 22, 1989 by David H. Levy and Carolyn S. Shoemaker at PalomarIt is named for amateur astronomer Barry Simon. Simon is the founder of the Deep South Regional StarGaze, an amateur event held in the south annually since 1983...
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| 22312 Kelly
22312 Kelly
22312 Kelly is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 14, 1991 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 22338 Janemojo
22338 Janemojo
22338 Janemojo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 3, 1992 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 24778 Nemsu
24778 Nemsu
24778 Nemsu is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on May 24, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 24779 Presque Isle
24779 Presque Isle
24779 Presque Isle is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 23, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar....
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| 27776 Cortland
27776 Cortland
27776 Cortland is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on February 25, 1992 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 27810 Daveturner
27810 Daveturner
27810 Daveturner is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on July 23, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar.- External links :*...
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| 29292 Conniewalker
29292 Conniewalker
29292 Conniewalker is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 24, 1993 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar. It is named after astronomer Connie Walker- External links :*...
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| 30840 JackAlice
30840 Jackalice
30840 Jackalice is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Jack B. Newton and his wife Alice for his astrophotographic accomplishments and their work as a team in astronomy outreach. This minor planet was discovered on April 15, 1991 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy. The naming citation...
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| 117032 DavidLane
117032 Davidlane
117032 Davidlane is a Main Belt asteroid discovered on May 14, 2004 by T. Glinos, D. Levy and W. Levy at Jarnac. It is named after Canadian amateur astronomer David Lane.- External links :* *...
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| 144907 Whitehorne
144907 Whitehorne
144907 Whitehorne is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 16, 2004 by D. Levy and W. Levy T. Glinos at Jarnac.- External links :*...
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| 157421 Carolpercy
157421 Carolpercy
157421 Carolpercy is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 2004 by T. Glinos, David H. Levy and W. Levy at Jarnac Observatory.- External links :*...
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- with Henry E. HoltHenry E. HoltHenry E. Holt is an American astronomer.He has discovered numerous asteroids. He is also a co-discoverer of periodic comets 121P/Shoemaker-Holt, 127P/Holt-Olmstead and 128P/Shoemaker-Holt....
- with Carolyn S. ShoemakerCarolyn S. ShoemakerCarolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker is an American astronomer and is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She holds the record for most comets discovered by an individual.- Personal life :...
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David H. Levy (born May 22, 1948) is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
and science writer most famous for his co-discovery in 1993 of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
in 1994.
Biography
Levy was born in MontrealMontreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, in 1948. He developed an interest in astronomy at an early age. However, he pursued and received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English literature. In 1967 he was nearly expelled from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's Montreal Centre
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada is a national, non-profit, charitable organization devoted to the advancement of astronomy and related sciences. At present, there are 29 local branches of the Society, called centres, located in towns and cities across the country from St. John's,...
after a disagreement with some members of its administration. "Levy will never amount to anything," one senior official of the RASC remarked in 1968. Years later, Levy began a correspondence with Isabel Williamson, the person most responsible for his near-ouster. These letters turned into visits, the presentation of the National Service Award to Miss Williamson, and the naming of the Montreal Centre's Observatory after her.
Levy went on to discover 22 comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
s, either independently or with Gene and Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker is an American astronomer and is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She holds the record for most comets discovered by an individual.- Personal life :...
. He has written 34 books, mostly on astronomical subjects, such as The Quest for Comets, the definitive biography of Pluto
Pluto
Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun...
-discoverer Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer. Although he is best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper Belt, Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids; he also called for serious scientific...
in 2006, and his tribute to Gene Shoemaker in Shoemaker by Levy. He has provided periodic articles for Sky and Telescope magazine, as well as Parade Magazine, Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
and, most recently, Astronomy Magazine.
Periodic comets that Levy co-discovered include 118P/Shoemaker–Levy, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy, 135P/Shoemaker–Levy, 137P/Shoemaker–Levy, 138P/Shoemaker–Levy, 145P/Shoemaker–Levy, and 181P/Shoemaker–Levy. In addition, Levy is the sole discoverer of two periodic comets P/1991 L3 and P/2006T1. He is also the first to discover comets visually, photographically , and electronically.
On February 28, 2010, Levy was awarded a Ph. D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his successful completion of his thesis "The Sky in Early Modern English Literature: A Study of Allusions to Celestial Events in Elizabethan and Jacobean Writing, 1572–1620."
He now lives in Vail, Arizona
Vail, Arizona
Vail is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 10,208 at the 2010 census. The area is known for the nearby Colossal Cave, a large cave system, and the Rincon Mountains District of Saguaro National Park, a top tourism spot within Arizona.Vail was...
and is married to Wendee Levy. Levy and his wife host a weekly internet radio talk show on astronomy. Levy is President of the National Sharing the Sky Foundation.
Awards
The asteroidAsteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
3673 Levy
3673 Levy
3673 Levy is an asteroid discovered on August 22, 1985 by Edward L. G. Bowell and named after Canadian astronomer David H. Levy. In December 2007, astronomers discovered that 3673 Levy is a binary asteroid having a satellite roughly 28% of its size orbiting every 21.6 hours.-References:...
was named in his honour. Levy was awarded the C.A. Chant Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada is a national, non-profit, charitable organization devoted to the advancement of astronomy and related sciences. At present, there are 29 local branches of the Society, called centres, located in towns and cities across the country from St. John's,...
in 1980. In 1993 he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a scientific and educational organization, founded in San Francisco on February 7, 1889. Its name derives from its origins on the Pacific Coast, but today it has members all over the country and the world...
. In 2007, Levy received the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of comets. In 2008, a special edition telescope, "The Comet Hunter" was co-designed by Levy.
Together with Martyn Ives, David Taylor
David G. Taylor
David G. Taylor has worked as a senior producer and director for the BBC. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the National College of Music.- External links :* *...
, and Benjamin Woolley
Benjamin Woolley
Benjamin Woolley is an author, media journalist and television presenter.- TV programmes :Woolley presented Games Britannia, a documentary on the painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump for BBC Four, and an episode of the The Late Show, Libraries and Civilization. Youtube. Uploaded by...
, Levy won an 1998 News & Documentary Emmy Award in the "Individual Achievement in a Craft, Writer" category for the script of the documentary 3 Minutes to Impact produced by York Films for the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
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See also
- AstronomyAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
- Eugene M. ShoemakerEugene Merle ShoemakerEugene Merle Shoemaker , American geologist, was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science....
- Carolyn S. ShoemakerCarolyn S. ShoemakerCarolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker is an American astronomer and is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She holds the record for most comets discovered by an individual.- Personal life :...