Talk:Carolyn S. Shoemaker/Archive 1

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Just because there exist automated systems doesn't mean that her work still isn't done by film. Much of this searching is even done by amatuers. Do you have evidence that she isn't still using film. The reference on the page claims she is and it was written in 2002. Rmhermen 17:41 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)

In 1995, I heard Carolyn say that they were "going to" move over to automated search. I've done the film/stereoscope/microscope search and it is amazingly tedious. Automated search would produce many more objects in less time, so it's hard to believe any professional (like Carolyn) would still do it the old-fashioned way.

I've tried to be conservative in the article writing --- I'm sure they used film in the 80s and 90s (having first-hand experience), but I'm not 100% sure about current technology. I see that the reference was written in present tense, but I wasn't sure enough about it to include it in Wikipedia.

Comments? -- hike395 19:25 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Just thought of this -- how about saying "1980s, 1990s, and possibly into the 21st century" ? I'm kind of reluctant to put uncertainty into Wikipedia, but I just don't know for sure. -- hike395 19:29 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Found this link: [1]. It doesn't sound like anyone is using film any more. I'll leave the article as it stands -- hike395 02:27 24 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Incorrect reporting of death

I'm going to delete the Death section. The obit is for Caroline Shoemaker of Grand Rapids, WI, not Carolyn Shoemaker of Flagstaff, AZ. Interestingly, they both seem to have been married to a man named Gene! Carolyn is very much alive. JCHall (talk) 20:33, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposed edit

I would like to make a substantial edit to this page concerning her personal life and career. I have new information that hasn't been added. Regarding her personal life, I could create a new heading labeled "Early Life" and write about how she and her family moved to Chico, California where she and her brother Richard grew up with their parents, Leonard Shoemaker and Hazel Arthur.

She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history, political science, and English literature from Chico State University in Chicago, Illinois and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at California Institute of Technology.

Some other information: Shoemaker gave birth to three children: Christy, Linda, and Pat Shoemaker, and the family lived in Grand Junction, Colorado, Menlo Park, California and Pasadena, California before finally settling down in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she worked with her husband at the Lowell Observatory.

Regarding her career now, Shoemaker first held a job teaching the seventh grade, then feeling unsatisfied with it decided to quit to raise her children. At the age of 51, once her children had grown and moved out, she started working as a field assistant for her husband Gene Shoemaker. In 1980, Shoemaker was hired at the United States Geological Survey as a visiting scientist in the astronomy branch, and then in 1989 began work as an astronomy research professor at Northern Arizona University (3). She concentrated her work on searching for comets and planet-crossing asteroids.

I also found some awards she received that are not listed: The Rittenhouse Medal of the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society in 1988.

Scientist of the Year Award in 1995.

Here are my sources listed in MLA formatting:

"Shoemaker, Eugene Merle." Astronomy Encyclopedia. Eds. Leif J. Robinson, Wil Tirion, and Patrick Moore. London: Philip's, 2002. Credo Reference. Web. 23 Sep 2015.

Chapman, Mary G. "Carolyn Shoemaker." Astrogeology Science Center. 17 May 2002. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.

"Carolyn Shoemaker". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.

Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015. Web. 23 Sep. 2015

Shoemaker, Carolyn. "Space—Where Now, and Why?" American Association for the Advancement of Science. 27 Nov. 1998. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.

Lang, Susan S. "Comet Hunter Carolyn Shoemaker to Speak at Cornell April 21" Cornell Chronicle. Cornell University, 11 Apr. 2002. Web.

Comments? A.adams821 (talk) 22:26, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Generally looks ok. Notice that Encyclopedia Britannica now accepts user edits, so should not be considered a reliable source, especially for biographical information. I would double-check any facts you learned from there with other sources (such as the USGS). —hike395 (talk) 06:24, 19 November 2015 (UTC)