DAVID H. LEVY

'Asteroids discovered: 41' 5261 Eureka June 20 1990 5852 Nanette April 19 1991 6398 Timhunter February 10 1991 6401 Roentgen April 15 1991 6485 Wendeesther October 25 1990 6670 Wallach June 4 1994 6715 Sheldonmarks August 22 1990 6914 Becquerel April 3 1992 7344 Summerfield June 4 1992 8021 Walter October 22 1990 8358 Rickblakley November 4 1989 9070 Ensab July 23 1993 9083 Ramboehm November 28 1994 10332 Defi May 13 1991 10346 Triathlon April 2 1992 11548 Jerrylewis November 25 1992 11569 Virgilsmith May 27 1993 11911 Angel June 4 1992 11941 Archinal May 23 1993 13057 Jorgensen November 13 1990 13111 Papacosmas July 23 1993 13123 Tyson May 16 1994 13615 Manulis November 28 1994 14429 Coyne December 3 1991 15276 Diebel April 14 1991 15294 Underwood November 7 1991 15321 Donnadean August 13 1993 15779 Scottroberts July 26 1993 16514 Stevelia November 11 1990 16669 Rionuevo December 8 1993 17493 Wildcat December 31 1991 18368 Flandrau April 15 1991 18434 Mikesandras March 12 1994 19980 Barrysimon November 22 1989 22312 Kelly April 14 1991 22338 Janemojo June 3 1992 24778 Nemsu May 24 1993 24779 Presque Isle July 23 1993 27776 Cortland February 25 1992 27810 Daveturner July 23 1993 29292 Conniewalker May 24 1993 # with Henry E. Holt# with Carolyn S. Shoemaker# with Eugene M. Shoemaker

'David H. Levy' (born 1948) is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery in 1993 of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994.
Levy was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, but now lives in Arizona. He is married to Wendee Levy.
Levy has discovered 22 comets, either independently or with Gene and Carolyn S. Shoemaker, and has written over 30 books, mostly on astronomical subjects.
Periodic comets co-discovered include P/2006T1, 118P/Shoemaker-Levy, 129P/Shoemaker-Levy, 135P/Shoemaker-Levy, 137P/Shoemaker-Levy, 138P/Shoemaker-Levy, 145P/Shoemaker-Levy, and 181P/Shoemaker-Levy.
The asteroid 3673 Levy was named in his honour. In 1993 he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
In 2007, Levy received the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of comets.

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★ David Levy's Home Page