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    DR CAROLYN SHOEMAKER

    Aug 12, 2021 2 minutes

    Shoemaker was a truly remarkable astronomer, having discovered over 800 asteroids and at least 32 comets. What makes Shoemaker’s achievements even more extraordinary is that they were accomplished by a woman who took up astronomy in 1980, at the age of 51.

    Shoemaker was born in 1929 in Gallup, New Mexico, and her family then moved to California.

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