First Light: the Search for the Edge of the Universe
“Once you had sighted one, you could usually find it later. Carolyn Shoemaker felt no compulsion to quickly search the films that resulted from her and Gene’s Trojan runs on Palomar Mountain. She did go over the films lightly, looking for fast-moving objects, and she found an asteroid called 1985 WA. 1985 WA could hit Jupiter, which was a pleasant surprise—it was a Jupiter-crosser. In any case, after New Year’s of 1986, she and Gene returned to Palomar Mountain for a week, to survey the sky for ...earth-approaching asteroids, while the Trojan films remained in their glassine envelopes in Flagstaff, Arizona, unsearched for Trojan planets.
On Palomar Mountain, Carolyn found the first new comet of 1986. It turned out to be a regular visitor to the inner solar system—Periodic Comet Shoemaker 3. Then she found the second comet of 1986. This one, designated 1986b, was a long-period comet. It took a hairpin turn around the sun and left the inner solar system; it will be back in the spring of A.D.MoreLess
On Palomar Mountain, Carolyn found the first new comet of 1986. It turned out to be a regular visitor to the inner solar system—Periodic Comet Shoemaker 3. Then she found the second comet of 1986. This one, designated 1986b, was a long-period comet. It took a hairpin turn around the sun and left the inner solar system; it will be back in the spring of A.D.MoreLess
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