David H. Levy

For other people with the same name, see David Levy (disambiguation).
David H. Levy
Giving a lecture at JPL in 1994
Born (1948-05-22) May 22, 1948 (age 76)[1]
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materAcadia (Nova Scotia) University (B.A.); Queens University (Kingston, Ontario) (M.A.); Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Ph.D.)
Known forCo-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
SpouseWendee Esther Wallach-Levy

David Howard Levy (born May 22, 1948[1]) is a Canadian amateur astronomer, science writer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1993, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994.

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