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{{short description|American geologist and astronomer (1928–1997)}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name              = Eugene Merle Shoemaker
|image             = Eugene Shoemaker.jpg
|alt               = Eugene Shoemaker at a stereoscopic microscope
|birth_date        = {{Birth date|1928|04|28}}
|birth_place       = Los Angeles, California, US
|death_date        = {{Death date and age|1997|07|18|1928|04|28}}
|death_place       = near [[Alice Springs]], Australia
|field             = [[Planetary geology]]<ref name="USGS" />
|work_institutions = U.S. Geological Survey, California Institute of Technology
|alma_mater        = [[California Institute of Technology]]<br />[[Princeton University]]
|doctoral_advisor  = [[Harry Hammond Hess]]
|thesis_title      = Impact mechanics at Meteor Crater, Arizona.
|thesis_url        = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778586334
|thesis_year       = 1960
|doctoral_students = [[Larry Soderblom]]
|known_for         = [[Planetary science]]<br />[[Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9]]
|influences        =
|influenced        =
|prizes            = {{nowrap|[[G. K. Gilbert Award]] <small>(1983)</small><br />[[Barringer Medal]] <small>(1984)</small><br />[[National Medal of Science]] {{small|(1992)}}<br />[[William Bowie Medal]] {{small|(1996)}}<br />[[James Craig Watson Medal]] {{small|(1998)}}}}
|spouse            = [[Carolyn Spellmann]] (m. 1951)
|footnotes         =
|signature         =
}}

'''Eugene Merle Shoemaker''' (April 28, 1928&nbsp;– July 18, 1997) was an American geologist. He co-discovered [[Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9]] with his wife [[Carolyn S. Shoemaker]] and [[David H. Levy]]. This comet hit [[Jupiter]] in July 1994: the impact was televised around the world. Shoemaker also studied terrestrial craters, such as [[Barringer Meteor Crater]] in Arizona, and along with [[Edward C. T. Chao|Edward Chao]] provided the first conclusive evidence of its origin as an [[impact crater]]. He was also the first director of the United States Geological Survey's Astrogeology Research Program.

He was killed in a car accident while visiting an impact crater site in Australia. After his death, some of his ashes were carried to the [[Moon]] with the [[Lunar Prospector]] mission.<ref name="AO">{{cite web |last1=Grundhauser |first1=Eric |title=Eugene Shoemaker Is Still the Only Man Buried on the Moon |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eugene-shoemaker-buried-moon-celestis-nasa |website=Atlas Obscura: Stories |publisher=Atlas Obscura |access-date=30 April 2025 |date=28 June 2022}}</ref>

==Early life and formal education==
Shoemaker was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Muriel May (née Scott), a teacher; and George Estel Shoemaker, who worked in farming, business, teaching, and motion pictures.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/eugene-m-shoemaker-wop/|title=Eugene M. Shoemaker Biography|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207003901/http://www.bookrags.com/biography/eugene-m-shoemaker-wop/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/5082_1.html|title=Oral History Transcript – Dr. Eugene Shoemaker |website=www.aip.org|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=March 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314230408/http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/5082_1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> His parents were natives of Nebraska. During Gene's childhood they moved between Los Angeles, New York City, [[Buffalo, New York]] and Wyoming, as George worked on a variety of jobs. George hated living in big cities, and was quite satisfied to take a job as director of education for a [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC) camp in Wyoming. His wife soon found life in a remote cabin quite unsatisfactory. They compromised, when Muriel got a teaching job in Buffalo. She could teach in the Buffalo [[Laboratory school|School of Practice]] of the [[Buffalo State College|State Teachers College at Buffalo]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQBPj1s0G1wC&q=Practice&pg=PA17|title=Shoemaker by Levy – The Man Who Made an Impact|first=David H.|last=Levy|year=2002|publisher=Princeton University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=0691113254}}</ref><ref name="nasonline.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shoemaker-eugene.pdf |title=Biographical memoir |last=Kieffer |first=Susan |date=2015 |website=www.nasonline.org |access-date=2019-10-26 |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722105236/http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shoemaker-eugene.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ahernfuneralhome.com/condolences/?m=201103|title=2011 March – Ahern Funeral Home Condolences|website=www.ahernfuneralhome.com|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=October 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019220803/http://www.ahernfuneralhome.com/condolences/?m=201103|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://suny.buffalostate.edu/history|title=History – SUNY Buffalo State|website=suny.buffalostate.edu|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503092533/http://suny.buffalostate.edu/history|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- search : "Teachers-College"|"Normal-School" "School-of-Practice"|"Model-School" --> during the school year while keeping Gene with her, then both would return to Wyoming during the summers. Gene's passion for studying rocks was ignited by the science education courses offered by the Buffalo Museum of Education.{{efn|Buffalo Museum of Education likely refers to the institution now known as the [[Buffalo Museum of Science]].}} He enrolled in the School of Practice in the fourth grade, and began collecting samples of minerals. Within a year, he was also taking high-school-level evening courses. The family moved back to Los Angeles in 1942, where Gene enrolled in Fairfax High School at the age of thirteen. He completed high school in three years. During that time he also played violin in the school orchestra, excelled in gymnastics, and got a summer job as an apprentice [[lapidary]].<ref name="Kieffer">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shoemaker-eugene.pdf|last=Kieffer|first=Susan. W|title=Eugene M. Shoemaker (1928–1997)|work=Biographical Memoirs|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|year=2015|access-date=April 22, 2017|archive-date=July 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722105236/http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shoemaker-eugene.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shoemaker enrolled in the [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] in 1944, at the age of sixteen.{{efn|Astronomer and co-discoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy comet, David H. Levy said that Shoemaker had never considered going to any other university than Caltech.<ref name="Kieffer"/>}} His classmates were older, more mature and on a fast track to graduate before serving in World War II. Shoemaker thrived in the fast pace and earned his bachelor's degree in 1948, at age nineteen. He immediately undertook the study of Precambrian metamorphic rocks in [[northern New Mexico]], earning his M.Sc. degree from Caltech in 1949.<ref name="Kieffer"/>

==Family==
[[File:Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker.jpg|thumb|Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker, 1994]]
While Shoemaker was attending Caltech, his roommate was Richard Spellman, a young man from [[Chico, California]]. Although Shoemaker had already enrolled in a doctoral program at Princeton University, he returned to California to serve as best man at Richard's wedding in 1950. He met Richard's sister, [[Carolyn S. Shoemaker|Carolyn]], for the first time on that occasion. Carolyn was born in Gallup, New Mexico, in 1929, but the Spellman family moved to Chico soon afterward. Carolyn earned degrees from [[Chico State College]] in history and political science. She never exhibited an interest in scientific subjects while growing up, and took one geology course in college, which she found boring. Nevertheless, the couple kept in touch while Shoemaker spent the next year in Princeton, followed by a two-week vacation touring the Colorado Plateau. She reportedly told others that listening to Shoemaker explain geology turned a boring subject into an exciting and interesting pursuit of knowledge.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The couple married on August 17, 1951.<ref name="Chapman">{{cite web|url=https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/people/carolyn-shoemaker|last=Chapman|first=Mary G|title=Carolyn Shoemaker|publisher=USGS Astrogeology Center|date=May 17, 2002|access-date=April 24, 2017|archive-date=April 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425114607/https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/people/carolyn-shoemaker|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Shoemakers had three children: two daughters and one son. Carolyn saw her work as keeping house and raising the children especially after they settled in Flagstaff in the 1960s. She had tried teaching school before they married, but found the work unsatisfying. She also traveled sometimes with Gene, but stopped after she noticed that her absence affected the children. After their children were grown, Carolyn wanted something meaningful to combat the "empty nest" feeling. By then, Gene suggested that she take up astronomy and join his team looking for asteroids approaching Earth. A student working at Lowell Observatory commenced teaching her astronomy. She showed great potential and launched her career as a planetary astronomer at age 51. She continued the work until her death in 2021.<ref name="Chapman"/>

== Scientific contributions ==
[[File:Gene shoemaker with rocket belt.jpg|thumb|150px|Eugene Shoemaker wearing a [[Bell Rocket Belt]] while training astronauts.]]

The [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) hired Shoemaker in 1950, and he maintained an association with the organisation for the rest of his career.<ref name="Kieffer"/> His first assignment was to search for uranium deposits in Utah and Colorado. His next mission was to study volcanic processes, since other investigators had already noticed that uranium deposits were often located in the vents of ancient volcanoes. This study led him to explore the [[Hopi Buttes]] of Northern Arizona, which happened to be near [[Meteor Crater]].<ref name="Kieffer"/>

[[Daniel Barringer (geologist)|Daniel Barringer]], an entrepreneur and mining engineer who had discovered Meteor Crater in 1891, had postulated that it had been caused by the impact of a meteor. About the same time, [[Grove Karl Gilbert|G. K. Gilbert]], the chief geologist of the USGS, examined the crater and announced that it had been created by an explosive venting of volcanic steam. A majority of scientists accepted Gilbert's explanation of the cause of the crater, and it remained the conventional wisdom until Shoemaker's investigations half a century later.<ref name="Kieffer"/>

For his PhD degree at [[Princeton University|Princeton]] (1960), under the guidance of [[Harry Hammond Hess]], Shoemaker studied the impact dynamics of [[Meteor Crater|Barringer Meteor Crater]].  Shoemaker noted Meteor Crater had the same form and structure as two [[explosion crater]]s created from [[Nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] tests at the [[Nevada Test Site]], notably [[Operation Buster-Jangle|Jangle U]] in 1951 and [[Operation Teapot|Teapot Ess]] in 1955. In 1960, [[Edward C. T. Chao]] and Shoemaker identified shocked quartz ([[coesite]]) at Meteor Crater, proving the crater was formed from an impact generating extremely high temperatures and pressures.  They followed this discovery with the identification of coesite within [[suevite]] at [[Nördlinger Ries]], proving its impact origin.<ref name="Levy">{{cite book |last=Levy |first=David |title=Shoemaker by Levy: The man who made an impact |date=2002 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton |isbn=978-0691113258}}</ref>{{rp|69, 74–75, 78–79, 81–85, 99–100}}

===Astrogeology and Apollo===

[[File:Shoemaker training astronauts at Brooks Camp, Katmai National Park.png|thumb|right|Shoemaker training astronauts at [[Brooks Camp]], [[Katmai National Park]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Phinney |first1=William |title=Science Training History of the Apollo Astronauts |date=2015 |publisher=NASA SP -2015-626 |page=65}}</ref>]]

In 1960, Shoemaker directed a team at the [[USGS]] center in [[Menlo Park, California]], to generate the first [[geological map]] of the Moon using photographs taken by [[Francis G. Pease]].  Shoemaker also helped pioneer the field of [[Planetary geology|astrogeology]] by founding the [[Astrogeology Research Program]]. He was prominently involved in the [[Ranger program|Lunar Ranger]] missions to the Moon, joining the television imaging team of [[Harold Urey]] and [[Gerard Kuiper]], which turned into a preparatory mission for the future crewed landing.  Shoemaker was then chosen to be the [[principal investigator]] for the [[Surveyor program]]'s television experiment, and then the lunar geology principal investigator for [[Apollo 11]], [[Apollo 12]], and [[Apollo 13]].<ref name=Levy/>{{rp|85–86, 92–97, 101, 119, 136}}

Shoemaker was also involved in the training of the American [[astronaut]]s.  He himself was a possible candidate for an [[Apollo program|Apollo]] Moon flight and was set to be the first geologist to walk on the Moon but was disqualified due to being diagnosed with [[Addison's disease]], a disorder of the [[adrenal gland]].  Shoemaker would train astronauts during field trips to [[Meteor Crater]] and [[Sunset Crater]] near Flagstaff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/About/AstroHistory/astronauts.html|title=About – USGS Astrogeology Science Center|website=astrogeology.usgs.gov|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117022504/http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/About/AstroHistory/astronauts.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a [[CBS News]] television commentator on the early Apollo missions, especially the [[Apollo 8]] and [[Apollo 11]] missions, appearing with [[Walter Cronkite]] during live coverage of those flights.<ref name="Astronomy obit">{{cite journal
 | last        = Graham
 | first       = Rex
 | title       = Making an exceptional impact. (planetary scientists Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker)
 | journal     = Astronomy
 |date=May 1998
 | url         = http://business.highbeam.com/136942/article-1G1-20461558/making-exceptional-impact
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130509131721/http://business.highbeam.com/136942/article-1G1-20461558/making-exceptional-impact
 | url-status    = dead
 | archive-date = 2013-05-09
 | access-date  = 2013-02-12
 | page        = 36
 | publisher   = Kalmbach Publishing Co.
 | location    = Waukesha, Wisconsin
 | issn        = 0091-6358
}}
</ref>

According to [[David H. Levy]], just before the crewed Moon landings,
{{blockquote|"With humanity about to set forth upon this new world, geologists and astronomers were divided as to whether the lunar surface was a result of volcanic forces from beneath, or cosmic forces from above.  In 1949, Ralph Baldwin had articulated that the Moon's craters were mostly of impact origin and Gene Shoemaker revived the idea again around 1960.  He saw craters on the Moon as logical impact sites that were formed not gradually, in [[geologic time scale|eons]], but explosively, in seconds."<ref name=Levy/>{{rp|58–59}}
}}

He was awarded the [[John Price Wetherill Medal]] from the [[Franklin Institute]] in 1965. Coming to [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] in 1969, he started a systematic search for Earth orbit-crossing [[asteroid]]s, which resulted in the discovery of several families of such asteroids, including the [[List of Apollo asteroids|Apollo asteroids]]. Shoemaker advanced the idea that sudden geologic changes can arise from [[asteroid]] strikes and that asteroid strikes are common over geologic time periods.  Previously, [[Impact crater|astrobleme]]s were thought to be remnants of extinct volcanoes&nbsp;– even on the Moon.

===Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9===
In 1993, he co-discovered [[Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9]] using the 18-inch Schmidt camera at [[Palomar Observatory]].  This comet was unique in that it provided the first opportunity to observe the planetary impact of a comet.  Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided with Jupiter in July 1994. The resulting impact caused a massive "scar" on the face of [[Jupiter]].

== Death ==
Shoemaker spent much of his later years searching for and finding several previously unnoticed or undiscovered [[impact crater]]s around the world. During one such expedition, on July 18, 1997, he died in a head-on [[car collision]] on the remote [[Tanami Track]], a few hundred kilometers northwest of [[Alice Springs]], Australia. Shoemaker's wife Carolyn was severely injured in the crash.<ref>{{cite news|first=Malcolm W|last=Browne|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/19/us/dr-eugene-shoemaker-69-set-record-for-finding-comets.html|title=Dr. Eugene Shoemaker, 69; Set Record for Finding Comets|newspaper=New York Times|date=July 19, 1997|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731093217/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/19/us/dr-eugene-shoemaker-69-set-record-for-finding-comets.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/news81.html|title=Eugene Shoemaker (1928–1997)|website=www2.jpl.nasa.gov|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=July 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711025314/http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/news81.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aas.org/obituaries/eugene-shoemaker-1928-1997|title=Eugene Shoemaker (1928–1997) – American Astronomical Society|website=aas.org|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019220405/https://aas.org/obituaries/eugene-shoemaker-1928-1997|archive-date=October 19, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nasonline.org"/>

On July 31, 1999, some of his ashes were [[Space burial|carried to the Moon]] by the [[Lunar Prospector]] space probe in a capsule designed by [[Carolyn Porco]].<ref name=DSPTribute>{{cite web|last=Porco|first=Carolyn|title=The Eugene M. Shoemaker Tribute|url=http://ciclops.org/public/tribute.html|publisher=Diamond Sky Productions|access-date=8 June 2013|archive-date=July 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709161736/http://ciclops.org/public/tribute.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=AstronomyMag>{{cite news|last=Porco|first=Carolyn C.|title=Destination Moon|url=http://www.astronomy.com/~/media/Files/PDF/Magazine%20articles/Destination%20Moon.ashx|access-date=8 June 2013|newspaper=Astronomy|date=February 2000|archive-date=June 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630010355/http://www.astronomy.com/~/media/Files/PDF/Magazine%20articles/Destination%20Moon.ashx|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Celestis]], Inc. provided the service—at NASA's request—commercially, making Shoemaker's ashes the first private delivery to the lunar surface.<ref name="AO"/> Celestis is the memorial spaceflight company that flew the ashes of ''Star Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry into space,<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Fletcher|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077929/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/burying-man-moon/|title='Burying' a man on the moon: Astrogeologist's ashes aboard lunar spacecraft|newspaper=Associated Press|date=January 31, 1999|access-date=July 28, 2020|archive-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523193128/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077929/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/burying-man-moon/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://science.howstuffworks.com/eugene-shoemaker-buried-on-moon.htm|title=Eugene Shoemaker: The Only Human Buried on the Moon|author=Mark Mancini|date=April 26, 2019|website=science.howstuffworks.com|access-date=27 July 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728163522/https://science.howstuffworks.com/eugene-shoemaker-buried-on-moon.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Eric|last=Grundhauser|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eugene-shoemaker-buried-moon-celestis-nasa|title=Eugene Shoemaker Is Still the Only Man Buried on the Moon|website=AtlasObscura.com|date=October 22, 2018|access-date=July 28, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728132752/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eugene-shoemaker-buried-moon-celestis-nasa|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as ''Star Trek'' actor James Doohan ("Scotty"), Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper<ref>{{cite web|first=Clara|last=Moskowitz|author-link=Clara Moskowitz|url=https://www.space.com/15810-scotty-ashes-spacex-rocket-launch.html|title=Ashes of Star Trek's 'Scotty' Ride Private Rocket Into Space|website=Space.com|date=May 22, 2012|access-date=July 28, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728140609/https://www.space.com/15810-scotty-ashes-spacex-rocket-launch.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and hundreds of other people from around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.celestis.com/participants-testimonials/|title=Participants of Space Funeral Flights|website=www.celestis.com/|access-date=27 July 2020|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126185907/https://www.celestis.com/participants-testimonials/|url-status=live}}</ref> Shoemaker is the only person whose remains have been placed on any celestial body outside Earth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/news/080328-moon-burial.html|title=Fly Me to the Moon ... Forever|website=space.com|date=March 28, 2008|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802160650/http://www.space.com/news/080328-moon-burial.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The brass foil wrapping of Shoemaker's memorial capsule is inscribed with images of [[Comet Hale–Bopp]] ("the last comet that the Shoemakers observed together"),<ref name=AstronomyMag /> the Barringer Meteor Crater, and a quotation from Shakespeare's ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' reading

{{blockquote|<poem>And, when he shall die
Take him and cut him out in little stars
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.<ref name=DSPTribute /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/news82.html|title=Eugene Shoemaker Ashes Carried on Lunar Prospector|website=www2.jpl.nasa.gov|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603034457/http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/news82.html|url-status=dead}}</ref></poem>}}

The fatal crash happened when Hale-Bopp was still visible to the naked eye, having [[Comet Hale–Bopp#After perihelion|passed perihelion]] and having moved into the southern celestial hemisphere.

==Awards and tributes==
Shoemaker received a large number of awards for his professional work. According to the obituary published by the [[USGS Astrogeology Science Center]], these included:<ref name="USGS">{{cite web|url=https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/rpif/gene-shoemaker|last=Chapman|first=Mary G|title=Gene Shoemaker – Founder of Astrogeology|publisher=USGS Astrogeology Science Center|access-date=April 21, 2017|archive-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904175222/https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/rpif/Gene-Shoemaker|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Doctorate of Science, Arizona State College, Flagstaff, 1965.
* [[John Price Wetherill Medal]] of the Franklin Institute, co-recipient with E.C.T. Chao, 1965.
* [[Arthur S. Flemming Award]], 1966.
* Doctorate of Science, Temple University, 1967.
* NASA Medal for Scientific Achievement, 1967.
* U.S. Department of the Interior Honor Award for Meritorious Service, 1973.
* Member, [[U.S. National Academy of Sciences]], 1980.
* U.S. Department of the Interior Distinguished Service Award, 1980.
* Arthur L. Day Medal of the Geological Society of America, 1982.
* G.K. Gilbert Award of the Geological Society of America, 1983.
* [[:de:Rieser Kulturpreis|Rieser Kulturpreis]], co-recipient with E.C.T. Chao and Richard Dehm, 1983.
* Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Arizona, 1984.
* [[Barringer Medal|Barringer Award]] of the Meteoritical Society, 1984.
* [[Gerard P. Kuiper Prize|Kuiper Prize]] of the American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences, 1984.
* Leonard Medal of the Meteoritical Society, 1985.
* Distinguished Alumni Award of the California Institute of Technology, 1986.
* Rittenhouse Medal of the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society, co-recipient with C.S. Shoemaker, 1988.
* [[National Medal of Science]], 1992.
* [[Whipple Award]], American Geophysical Union, 1993.
* Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993.
* AIAA Space Science Award, 1996.
* NASA [[Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal]], 1996.
* [[William Bowie Medal]], American Geophysical Union, 1996.
* Special Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1997.
* Shoemaker Award, Texas Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists, awarded posthumously, 1997.

On July 24, 1997, a memorial for Shoemaker and Jurgen Rahe was presented in the U.S. House of Representatives by California representative George E. Brown Jr. The memorial was published in the ''Congressional Record''. The memorial credited Shoemaker with being either the discoverer or co-discoverer of 820 asteroids and comets during his career.{{efn|Rahe was a German-American astronomer and project leader at NASA who was killed in an auto accident near Washington D. C. on June 18, 1997.}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1997-07-24/html/CREC-1997-07-24-pt1-PgE1508-2.htm|title=In Remembrance of Dr. Eugene Shoemaker and Dr. Jurgen Rahe|work=Congressional Record|volume=143|number=106|date=July 24, 1997|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=April 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424085656/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1997-07-24/html/CREC-1997-07-24-pt1-PgE1508-2.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

A ring-like topographic feature in Western Australia, an [[astrobleme]] previously named the "Teague ring" was renamed "[[Shoemaker Crater]]" in honor of Shoemaker. The [[NEAR Shoemaker|Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous]] space probe was renamed "NEAR Shoemaker" in his honor. It arrived at asteroid [[433 Eros]] in February 2000, and landed on the asteroid after a year of orbital study. He was previously honored with the asteroid [[2074 Shoemaker]], discovered and named by his colleague, [[Eleanor F. Helin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2074+Shoemaker|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser|first=Alan|last=Chamberlin|website=ssd.jpl.nasa.gov|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=April 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426055427/http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2074+Shoemaker|url-status=live}}</ref>

In their 2020 album, ''[[Human. :II: Nature.]]'', Finnish metal band [[Nightwish]] paid tribute to Shoemaker in the song "Shoemaker". Composer [[Tuomas Holopainen]] says he was inspired by his biography, which moved the entire band to tears.

== List of discovered minor planets ==
{{Category see also|Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker}}

Shoemaker is credited by the [[Minor Planet Center]] with the co-discovery of 183 [[minor planet]]s between 1977 and 1994.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 30em; display:inline-table; margin:8px; text-align:left; font-size:90%"
|-
! scope="col" style="width: 13.5em;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 12em;" | Discovery Date
! scope="col" style="width: 4.5em;"  | Listing
|-
| '''[[2430 Bruce Helin]]''' || 8 November 1977 || {{LoMP|2430|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| 3025 Higson || 20 August 1982 || {{LoMP|3025|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[3199 Nefertiti]]''' || 13 September 1982 || {{LoMP|3199|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[3225 Hoag]]''' || 20 August 1982 || {{LoMP|3225|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[3317 Paris]]''' || 26 May 1984 || {{LoMP|3317|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 3484 Neugebauer || 10 July 1978 || {{LoMP|3484|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| '''[[3554 Amun]]''' || 4 March 1986 || {{LoMP|3554|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[3671 Dionysus]]''' || 27 May 1984 || {{LoMP|3671|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[3700 Geowilliams]]''' || 23 October 1984 || {{LoMP|3700|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 3880 Kaiserman || 21 November 1984 || {{LoMP|3880|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 3927 Feliciaplatt || 5 May 1981 || {{LoMP|3927|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[4151 Alanhale]]''' || 24 April 1985 || {{LoMP|4151|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[4197 Morpheus]]''' || 11 October 1982 || {{LoMP|4197|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| 4379 Snelling || 13 August 1988 || {{LoMP|4379|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[4450 Pan]]''' || 25 September 1987 || {{LoMP|4450|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[4525 Johnbauer]]''' || 15 May 1982 || {{LoMP|4525|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}{{ref label|codisc|C|}}
|-
| '''[[4899 Candace]]''' || 9 May 1988 || {{LoMP|4899|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[4946 Askalaphus]]''' || 21 January 1988 || {{LoMP|4946|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5023 Agapenor]]''' || 11 October 1985 || {{LoMP|5023|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5029 Ireland || 24 January 1988 || {{LoMP|5029|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5052 Nancyruth || 23 October 1984 || {{LoMP|5052|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5167 Joeharms || 11 April 1985 || {{LoMP|5167|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5168 Jenner || 6 March 1986 || {{LoMP|5168|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5175 Ables]]''' || 4 November 1988 || {{LoMP|5175|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5211 Stevenson || 8 July 1989 || {{LoMP|5211|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5259 Epeigeus]]''' || 30 January 1989 || {{LoMP|5259|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5264 Telephus]]''' || 17 May 1991 || {{LoMP|5264|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5284 Orsilocus]]''' || 1 February 1989 || {{LoMP|5284|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5285 Krethon]]''' || 9 March 1989 || {{LoMP|5285|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5430 Luu]]''' || 12 May 1988 || {{LoMP|5430|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5436 Eumelos]]''' || 20 February 1990 || {{LoMP|5436|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5511 Cloanthus]]''' || 8 October 1988 || {{LoMP|5511|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5551 Glikson || 24 January 1982 || {{LoMP|5551|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5579 Uhlherr || 11 May 1988 || {{LoMP|5579|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5632 Ingelehmann || 15 April 1993 || {{LoMP|5632|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5637 Gyas || 10 September 1988 || {{LoMP|5637|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5638 Deikoon]]''' || 10 October 1988 || {{LoMP|5638|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5652 Amphimachus]]''' || 24 April 1992 || {{LoMP|5652|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5670 Rosstaylor || 7 November 1985 || {{LoMP|5670|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5720 Halweaver || 29 March 1984 || {{LoMP|5720|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5725 Nördlingen || 23 January 1988 || {{LoMP|5725|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5726 Rubin || 24 January 1988 || {{LoMP|5726|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5731 Zeus]]''' || 4 November 1988 || {{LoMP|5731|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5765 Izett || 4 April 1986 || {{LoMP|5765|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5863 Tara || 7 September 1983 || {{LoMP|5863|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[5899 Jedicke]]''' || 9 January 1986 || {{LoMP|5899|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5947 Bonnie || 21 March 1985 || {{LoMP|5947|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5953 Shelton || 25 April 1987 || {{LoMP|5953|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5957 Irina || 11 May 1988 || {{LoMP|5957|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 5999 Plescia || 23 April 1987 || {{LoMP|5999|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[6063 Jason]]''' || 27 May 1984 || {{LoMP|6063|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[6084 Bascom]]''' || 12 February 1985 || {{LoMP|6084|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6087 Lupo || 19 March 1988 || {{LoMP|6087|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6179 Brett || 3 March 1986 || {{LoMP|6179|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[6239 Minos]]''' || 31 August 1989 || {{LoMP|6239|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6372 Walker || 13 May 1985 || {{LoMP|6372|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[6376 Schamp]]''' || 29 May 1987 || {{LoMP|6376|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[6398 Timhunter]]''' || 10 February 1991 || {{LoMP|6398|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| 6401 Roentgen || 15 April 1991 || {{LoMP|6401|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| 6436 Coco || 13 May 1985 || {{LoMP|6436|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[6478 Gault]]''' || 12 May 1988 || {{LoMP|6478|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6485 Wendeesther || 25 October 1990 || {{LoMP|6485|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}{{ref label|codisc|D|}}
|-
| 6510 Tarry || 23 February 1987 || {{LoMP|6510|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6543 Senna || 11 October 1985 || {{LoMP|6543|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6585 O'Keefe || 26 September 1984 || {{LoMP|6585|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6635 Zuber || 26 September 1987 || {{LoMP|6635|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6740 Goff || 14 April 1993 || {{LoMP|6740|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6901 Roybishop || 2 August 1989 || {{LoMP|6901|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 6909 Levison || 19 January 1991 || {{LoMP|6909|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7051 Sean || 13 May 1985 || {{LoMP|7051|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7086 Bopp || 5 October 1991 || {{LoMP|7086|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[7088 Ishtar]]''' || 1 January 1992 || {{LoMP|7088|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[7092 Cadmus]]''' || 4 June 1992 || {{LoMP|7092|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7112 Ghislaine || 3 April 1986 || {{LoMP|7112|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[7119 Hiera]]''' || 11 January 1989 || {{LoMP|7119|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[7167 Laupheim]]''' || 12 October 1985 || {{LoMP|7167|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7173 Sepkoski || 15 August 1988 || {{LoMP|7173|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7480 Norwan || 1 August 1994 || {{LoMP|7480|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7549 Woodard || 9 October 1980 || {{LoMP|7549|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7560 Spudis || 10 January 1986 || {{LoMP|7560|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7749 Jackschmitt || 12 May 1988 || {{LoMP|7749|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7750 McEwen || 18 August 1988 || {{LoMP|7750|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7756 Scientia || 27 March 1990 || {{LoMP|7756|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 7778 Markrobinson || 17 April 1993 || {{LoMP|7778|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[7958 Leakey]]''' || 5 June 1994 || {{LoMP|7958|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[8034 Akka]]''' || 3 June 1992 || {{LoMP|8034|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 8149 Ruff || 11 May 1985 || {{LoMP|8149|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 8326 Paulkling || 6 May 1981 || {{LoMP|8326|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 8327 Weihenmayer || 6 May 1981 || {{LoMP|8327|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 8347 Lallaward || 21 April 1987 || {{LoMP|8347|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 8356 Wadhwa || 3 September 1989 || {{LoMP|8356|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[8373 Stephengould]]''' || 1 January 1992 || {{LoMP|8373|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 8709 Kadlu || 14 May 1994 || {{LoMP|8709|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 8804 Eliason || 5 May 1981 || {{LoMP|8804|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 30em; display:inline-table; margin:8px; text-align:left; font-size:90%"
|-
! scope="col" style="width: 13.5em;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 12em;" | Discovery Date
! scope="col" style="width: 4.5em;"  | Listing
|-
| 8810 Johnmcfarland || 15 May 1982 || {{LoMP|8810|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| 8817 Roytraver || 13 May 1985 || {{LoMP|8817|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 9016 Henrymoore || 10 January 1986 || {{LoMP|9016|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 9022 Drake || 14 August 1988 || {{LoMP|9022|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[9023 Mnesthus]]''' || 10 September 1988 || {{LoMP|9023|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 9082 Leonardmartin || 4 November 1994 || {{LoMP|9082|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[9165 Raup]]''' || 27 September 1987 || {{LoMP|9165|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 9172 Abhramu || 29 July 1989 || {{LoMP|9172|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 9277 Togashi || 9 October 1980 || {{LoMP|9277|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 9299 Vinceteri || 13 May 1985 || {{LoMP|9299|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[9564 Jeffwynn]]''' || 26 September 1987 || {{LoMP|9564|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 9744 Nielsen || 9 May 1988 || {{LoMP|9744|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 9768 Stephenmaran || 5 April 1992 || {{LoMP|9768|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 10041 Parkinson || 24 April 1985 || {{LoMP|10041|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 10044 Squyres || 15 September 1985 || {{LoMP|10044|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 10060 Amymilne || 12 April 1988 || {{LoMP|10060|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 10108 Tomlinson || 26 April 1992 || {{LoMP|10108|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 10295 Hippolyta || 12 April 1988 || {{LoMP|10295|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 10487 Danpeterson || 14 April 1985 || {{LoMP|10487|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 10563 Izhdubar || 19 November 1993 || {{LoMP|10563|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 10683 Carter || 10 June 1980 || {{LoMP|10683|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 10739 Lowman || 12 May 1988 || {{LoMP|10739|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| {{mp|(10995) 1978 NS}} || 10 July 1978 || {{LoMP|10995|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| 11006 Gilson || 9 October 1980 || {{LoMP|11006|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[11066 Sigurd]]''' || 9 February 1992 || {{LoMP|11066|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[11277 Ballard]]''' || 8 October 1988 || {{LoMP|11277|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 11311 Peleus || 10 December 1993 || {{LoMP|11311|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 11836 Eileen || 5 February 1986 || {{LoMP|11836|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 12227 Penney || 11 October 1985 || {{LoMP|12227|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 12237 Coughlin || 23 April 1987 || {{LoMP|12237|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 12242 Koon || 18 August 1988 || {{LoMP|12242|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 12675 Chabot || 9 October 1980 || {{LoMP|12675|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[12714 Alkimos]]''' || 15 April 1991 || {{LoMP|12714|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 12753 Povenmire || 18 April 1993 || {{LoMP|12753|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| {{mp|(12977) 1978 NC}} || 10 July 1978 || {{LoMP|12977|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| '''[[13062 Podarkes]]''' || 19 April 1991 || {{LoMP|13062|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 13937 Roberthargraves || 2 August 1989 || {{LoMP|13937|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[14827 Hypnos]]''' || 5 May 1986 || {{LoMP|14827|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 14835 Holdridge || 26 November 1987 || {{LoMP|14835|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 15228 Ronmiller || 23 February 1987 || {{LoMP|15228|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 15304 Wikberg || 21 October 1992 || {{LoMP|15304|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| {{mp|(16397) 1982 JS|2}} || 15 May 1982 || {{LoMP|16397|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| 16452 Goldfinger || 28 September 1989 || {{LoMP|16452|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 16641 Esteban || 16 August 1993 || {{LoMP|16641|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| {{mp|(17355) 1978 NK}} || 10 July 1978 || {{LoMP|17355|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| 17399 Andysanto || 6 September 1983 || {{LoMP|17399|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 17408 McAdams || 19 October 1987 || {{LoMP|17408|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 19140 Jansmit || 2 September 1989 || {{LoMP|19140|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 19173 Virginiaterése || 15 April 1991 || {{LoMP|19173|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 19243 Bunting || 10 February 1994 || {{LoMP|19243|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| {{mp|(19920) 1978 NF}} || 10 July 1978 || {{LoMP|19920|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| 20007 Marybrown || 7 June 1991 || {{LoMP|20007|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 20037 Duke || 20 October 1992 || {{LoMP|20037|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[21062 Iasky]]''' || 13 May 1991 || {{LoMP|21062|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 21148 Billramsey || 16 April 1993 || {{LoMP|21148|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 21149 Kenmitchell || 19 April 1993 || {{LoMP|21149|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 22294 Simmons || 28 September 1989 || {{LoMP|22294|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 23452 Drew || 18 August 1988 || {{LoMP|23452|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[24626 Astrowizard]]''' || 9 October 1980 || {{LoMP|24626|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 24643 MacCready || 28 September 1984 || {{LoMP|24643|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 24654 Fossett || 29 May 1987 || {{LoMP|24654|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 24761 Ahau || 28 January 1993 || {{LoMP|24761|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 26879 Haines || 9 July 1994 || {{LoMP|26879|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 27706 Strogen || 11 October 1985 || {{LoMP|27706|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 27711 Kirschvink || 4 November 1988 || {{LoMP|27711|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 29133 Vargas || 29 May 1987 || {{LoMP|29133|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 29137 Alanboss || 18 October 1987 || {{LoMP|29137|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 29146 McHone || 17 March 1988 || {{LoMP|29146|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 30767 Chriskraft || 6 November 1983 || {{LoMP|30767|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 30779 Sankt-Stephan || 17 October 1987 || {{LoMP|30779|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 30785 Greeley || 13 August 1988 || {{LoMP|30785|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 30786 Karkoschka || 18 August 1988 || {{LoMP|30786|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 30844 Hukeller || 17 May 1991 || {{LoMP|30844|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 32776 Nriag || 29 May 1987 || {{LoMP|32776|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 35056 Cullers || 28 September 1984 || {{LoMP|35056|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 37609 LaVelle || 25 November 1992 || {{LoMP|37609|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| '''[[37655 Illapa]]''' || 1 August 1994 || {{LoMP|37655|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 43763 Russert || 30 May 1987 || {{LoMP|43763|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 48416 Carmelita || 24 January 1988 || {{LoMP|48416|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| {{mp|(52229) 1978 NN}} || 10 July 1978 || {{LoMP|52229|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| {{mp|(52230) 1978 NR}} || 10 July 1978 || {{LoMP|52230|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| '''[[52266 Van Flandern]]''' || 10 January 1986 || {{LoMP|52266|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 65672 Merrick || 16 August 1988 || {{LoMP|65672|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 73670 Kurthopf || 19 August 1982 || {{LoMP|73670|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| 79117 Brydonejack || 16 August 1988 || {{LoMP|79117|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| {{mp|(99954) 1978 NH}} || 10 July 1978 || {{LoMP|99954|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| {{mp|(129437) 1978 NG}} || 10 July 1978 || {{LoMP|129437|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| {{mp|(136564) 1977 VA}} || 7 November 1977 || {{LoMP|136564|list}}{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| {{mp|(408751) 1987 SF|3}} || 26 September 1987 || {{LoMP|408751|list}}{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
! colspan=3 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; padding: 4px 12px;" |'''Co-discovery''' made with:<br />{{note label|codisc|A|}} [[Eleanor F. Helin|E. F. Helin]]<br />{{note label|codisc|B|}} [[Carolyn S. Shoemaker|C. S. Shoemaker]]<br />{{note label|codisc|C|}} [[Peter D. Wilder|P. D. Wilder]]<br />{{note label|codisc|D|}} [[David H. Levy|D. H. Levy]]
|}
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="MPC-Discoverers">{{cite web
  |title       = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url       = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
  |date       = 25 October 2018
  |access-date       = 18 February 2019
  |archive-date       = January 30, 2011
  |archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20110130064335/https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
  |url-status       = live
  }}</ref>
</references> <!-- end of reflist -->

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== External links ==
* ''Asteroids:  Deadly Impact'' [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] videos
* [https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/rpif/exhibits/pioneers/gene-shoemaker USGS page about Shoemaker]
* [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/news81.html NASA page about Shoemaker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117090050/http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/news81.html |date=January 17, 2010 }}

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