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How many people are buried on the moon?

American scientist Eugene Shoemaker, who was engaged in geology and planetology and was one of the discoverers of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashing into Jupiter, is currently the only person buried on the Moon. A capsule with some of its ashes was placed on the Lunar Prospector interplanetary research station, which ended its mission by falling to our satellite in 1999.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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