What is Carolyn S. Shoemaker?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Carolyn S. Shoemaker |image = Carolyn Shoemaker (cropped).jpg |caption = |birth_name = Carolyn Jean Spellmann |birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|6|24}} |birth_place = [[Gallup, New Mexico|Gallup]], [[New Mexico]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|13|1929|6|24}} |death_place = [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]], [[Arizona]], U.S. |citizenship = [[United States|American]] |nationality = [[United States|American]] |ethnicity = |spouse = [[Eugene Merle Shoemaker|Eugene Shoemaker]] 1951–1997 (his death) |fields = [[Astronomy]] |workplaces = [[California Institute of Technology]]<br />[[Palomar Observatory]], California |alma_mater =[[California State University, Chico]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = co-discoverer of [[Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = [[James Craig Watson Medal]] {{small|(1998)}}<br />[[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]],<br />[[NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal|Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal]]<br />[[Rittenhouse Medal]] {{small|(1988)}}<br />[[Scientist of the Year Award]] {{small|(1995)}} |religion = |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |footnotes = }} '''Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker''' (June 24, 1929 &ndash; August 13, 2021) was an [[Americans|American]] [[astronomer]]. She was a co-discoverer of [[Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9|Comet Shoemaker–Levy&nbsp;9]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Carolyn Shoemaker and 'Her Comet'|url=http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_shoemaker_a.htm|newspaper=New Scientist|first=Rosie|last=Mestel|volume=143|issue=1933|date=9 July 1994|page=23}}</ref> She held the record for most [[comet]]s discovered by a single person.<ref name=usgs>{{cite web|url=https://astrogeology.usg