2074 Shoemaker and calculates a diameter of 4.93 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.9. This minor planet was named by the discoverer after her colleague, the American astronomer Eugene Shoemaker (1928–1997), who was a discoverer of minor planets and of the Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 that collided with Jupiter. He is well known for his work on impact craters and his role in the lunar Ranger, Surveyor and Apollo programs. The naming was also proposed by Brian G. Marsden, the director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC). The official naming citation was published by the MPC before November 1977 (). 2074
Comet ISON Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams identified the object as an asteroid, and it was listed on the Near Earth Objects Confirmation Page. Follow-up observations by independent teams were the first to report cometary features. Therefore, under the International Astronomical Union's comet-naming guidelines, Comet ISON was named after the team that discovered it, rather than the individual discoverers. After it was discovered in 2012, some media sources called Comet ISON the "Comet of the Century" and speculated that it might outshine the full Moon. An "Astronomy Now" columnist wrote in September 2012 that "if predictions hold true then Comet ISON will