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If all the potentially threatening asteroids were discovered, however, the risk to Earth would no longer be a matter of chance. We would know whether a collision is imminent. The time of impact could be predicted centuries in advance, and the place of impact could be predicted fairly accurately decades in advance.

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

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Born: April 28, 1928

Died: July 18, 1997 (aged 69)

Bio: Eugene Merle Shoemaker, also known as Gene Shoemaker, was an American geologist and one of the founders of the field of planetary science. He is best known for co-discovering the Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy.

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