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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Starry Night
- Cosmic Discoveries
- Star Gazers
- Three Generations from the Outhouse... If We (U. S. ) Are Lucky!
- Binocular Stargazing
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Orlando
Discography
- The Catalyst2015
- Thronebreaker2025
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,079x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,497x
- The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 62,975x
- Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 60,952x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 58,011x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1948-05-22 ) May 22, 1948 (age 78) , Montreal, Quebec , Canada
- Alma mater
- Acadia University (B.A.), Queen's University at Kingston (M.A.), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Ph.D.)
- Occupations
- Astronomer, science writer
- Known for
- Co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
- Spouse
- Wendee Esther Wallach-Levy (1997–2022; her death)
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- Official website
- www.jarnac.org
- Image
- David H. Levy.jpg
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- David H. Levy
- date of birth
- 1948-05-22
- birth name
- David Howard Levy
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David Howard (Doveed) Levy (born May 22, 1948) is a Canadian-American amateur astronomer, science writer, and discoverer of comets and minor planets. He is best known for co-discovering Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1993, which collided with Jupiter in 1994 in the first observed planetary-scale impact in the Solar System.
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1948 births20th-century Canadian astronomersAcadia University alumniAnglophone Quebec peopleCanadian emigrants to the United StatesDiscoverers of asteroidsDiscoverers of cometsDiscoveries by David H. LevyHebrew University of Jerusalem alumniJewish astronomersJewish Canadian non-fiction writersJewish Canadian scientistsLiving peopleQueen's University at Kingston alumniScientists from MontrealWriters from Montreal