He is Gene Shoemaker, now best known as co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which crashed into Jupiter in July 1994.
Namuntlha, Shoemaker u tiveka tani hi xiphemu xa ntlawa wa eponymous lexinga kuma comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, leyinga tlumba xibakabaka xa Jupiter hi 1994, na mbuyelo wotsakisa.