Shoemaker-Levy

== English == === Etymology === From the surnames of the astronomers Carolyn Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy, who discovered several comets. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈʃu.meɪˌkɝ ˈlɛ.vi/, enPR: sho͞oʹmā-kûr' lĕʹvi === Proper noun === Shoemaker-Levy Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, a comet which collided with Jupiter. ==== Usage notes ==== Levy and the Shoemakers discovered at least thirteen comets together which are all named Comet Shoemaker-Levy, but Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 is the only one generally referred to without its title or number.