Back برايان مارسدن Arabic برايان مارسدن ARZ برایان جی.مارسدن AZB ব্রায়ান জি. মার্সডেন Bengali/Bangla Brian G. Marsden Danish Brian Marsden German Brian G. Marsden Esperanto Brian Marsden Spanish Brian G. Marsden Estonian Brian G. Marsden Basque
Brian Geoffrey Marsden | |
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| Born | August 5, 1937 Cambridge, England |
| Died | November 18, 2010 (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford Yale University |
| Known for | Minor Planet Center |
Brian Geoffrey Marsden (5 August 1937 – 18 November 2010)[1][2] was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (director emeritus from 2006 to 2010).[3]
- ^ Gingerich, O. (2010). "Brian Marsden (1937–2010)". Nature. 468 (7327): 1042. Bibcode:2010Natur.468.1042G. doi:10.1038/4681042a. PMID 21179155.
- ^ "MPEC 2010-W10 : BRIAN MARSDEN (1937 August 5-2010 November 18)". Minor Planet Center. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ DENNIS HEVESI (22 November 2010). "Brian Marsden, Tracker of Comets, Dies at 73". The New York Times.