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David H. Levy, the Glossary

David Howard Levy (born May 22, 1948) is a Canadian amateur astronomer, science writer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1993, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994.^[1]

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Discoveries by David H. Levy
Jewish astronomers

Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.

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Astronomical Society of the Pacific

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is an American scientific and educational organization, founded in San Francisco on February 7, 1889, immediately following the solar eclipse of January 1, 1889.

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Astronomy (magazine)

Astronomy is a monthly American magazine about astronomy.

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Benjamin Woolley

Benjamin Woolley is an author, media journalist and television presenter.

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C/1990 K1 (Levy)

C/1990 K1 (Levy) is a non-periodic comet discovered by David H. Levy on 20 May 1990. David H. Levy and C/1990 K1 (Levy) are Discoveries by David H. Levy.

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Carolyn S. Shoemaker

Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (June 24, 1929 – August 13, 2021) was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. David H. Levy and Carolyn S. Shoemaker are discoverers of asteroids and discoverers of comets.

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Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. David H. Levy and Clyde Tombaugh are discoverers of asteroids.

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Comet

A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing.

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Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9

Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (formally designated D/1993 F2) was a comet that broke apart in July 1992 and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects. David H. Levy and comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 are Discoveries by David H. Levy.

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David G. Taylor

David G. Taylor has worked as a senior producer and director for the BBC.

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Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.

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Edgar Wilson Award

The Edgar Wilson Award is an annual international award established in 1998 consisting of a monetary award and a plaque allocated annually to amateur comet discoverers.

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Eugene Merle Shoemaker

Eugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was an American geologist. David H. Levy and Eugene Merle Shoemaker are discoverers of asteroids and discoverers of comets.

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Gordon Myers Amateur Achievement Award

The Gordon Myers Amateur Achievement Award, known until 2018 as the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, is one of nine annual astronomical awards managed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

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Helen Lines

Helen Chambliss Williams Lines (July 13, 1918 – January 29, 2001) was an American amateur astronomer.

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Henry E. Holt

Henry E. Holt (27 September 1929 - 5 May 2019) was an American astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets, who has worked as a planetary geologist at the United States Geological Survey and Northern Arizona University. David H. Levy and Henry E. Holt are discoverers of asteroids and discoverers of comets.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

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Linda Hall Library

The Linda Hall Library is a privately endowed American library of science, engineering and technology located in Kansas City, Missouri, sitting "majestically on a urban arboretum." It is the "largest independently funded public library of science, engineering and technology in North America" and "among the largest science libraries in the world.".

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List of minor planet discoverers

This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects).

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List of numbered comets

This is a list of periodic comets that were numbered by the Minor Planet Center after having been observed on at least two occasions.

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Mars trojan

The Mars trojans are a group of trojan objects that share the orbit of the planet Mars around the Sun.

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Minor planet

According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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News and Documentary Emmy Awards

The News & Documentary Emmy Awards, or News & Documentary Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry.

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Parade (magazine)

Parade was an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 700 newspapers nationwide in the United States until 2022.

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Pluto

Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Richard D. Lines

Richard D. Lines (April 21, 1916 – June 29, 1992) was an American amateur astronomer. David H. Levy and Richard D. Lines are discoverers of comets.

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Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) is a national, non-profit, charitable organization devoted to the advancement of astronomy and related sciences.

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Sky & Telescope

Sky & Telescope (S&T) is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following.

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Sky News

Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.

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Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

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TV Corvi

TV Corvi, also known as Tombaugh's Star, is a dwarf nova of the SU Ursae Majoris type in the constellation Corvus that was first discovered by accident as a mysterious 12th magnitude star on a plate by Clyde Tombaugh while looking for remote planets on May 25, 1932, before its identity was confirmed as a dwarf nova by David Levy in 1990.

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V1500 Cygni

V1500 Cygni or Nova Cygni 1975 was a bright nova occurring in 1975 in the constellation Cygnus.

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Vail, Arizona

Vail is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States.

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Walter H. Haas

Walter H. Haas (July 3, 1917 – April 6, 2015) was an American amateur astronomer.

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118P/Shoemaker–Levy

118P/Shoemaker–Levy (also known as periodic comet Shoemaker–Levy 4) is a comet discovered by astronomers Carolyn and Eugene M. Shoemaker and David Levy. David H. Levy and 118P/Shoemaker–Levy are Discoveries by David H. Levy.

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129P/Shoemaker–Levy

129P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 3, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. David H. Levy and 129P/Shoemaker–Levy are Discoveries by David H. Levy.

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13123 Tyson

13123 Tyson, provisional designation, is a stony Phocaea asteroid and an asynchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. David H. Levy and 13123 Tyson are Discoveries by David H. Levy.

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138P/Shoemaker–Levy

138P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 7, is a faint periodic comet in the Solar System. David H. Levy and 138P/Shoemaker–Levy are Discoveries by David H. Levy.

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255P/Levy

255P/Levy, formerly P/2006 T1 and P/2011 Y1, is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 5.25 years. David H. Levy and 255P/Levy are Discoveries by David H. Levy.

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29292 Conniewalker

29292 Conniewalker (provisional designation) is a bright, stony Phocaea asteroid and slow tumbler from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.6 kilometers in diameter. David H. Levy and 29292 Conniewalker are Discoveries by David H. Levy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Levy

Also known as D. H. Levy, David Levy (astronomer).

David H. Levy, the Glossary

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Discoveries by David H. Levy

Jewish astronomers

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