as the recipients of the James Craig Watson Medal. List of discovered minor planets Shoemaker is tied with Takeshi Urata for place on the Minor Planet Center's list of most discoveries with 377 numbered minor planets between the years 1980 and 1994. References External links American women astronomers Women planetary scientists Discoverers of asteroids Discoverers of comets 1929 births 2021 deaths People from Gallup, New Mexico California State University, Chico alumni Northern Arizona University faculty Palomar Observatory People from Flagstaff, Arizona 20th-century American astronomers 21st-century American astronomers 20th-century American women scientists 21st-century American women scientists Planetary scientists American women academics