English Explanatory Dictionary

Shoemaker-Levy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, a comet which collided with Jupiter.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃu.meɪˌkɝ ˈlɛ.vi/ sho͞oʹmā-kûr' lĕʹvi

Word forms

Shoemaker-Levy

Etymology

From the surnames of the astronomers Carolyn Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy, who discovered several comets.

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