Brian G. Marsden

For other people named Brian Marsden, see Brian Marsden (disambiguation).

Brian Geoffrey Marsden
Born(1937-08-05)August 5, 1937
Cambridge, England
DiedNovember 18, 2010(2010-11-18) (aged 73)
Burlington, Massachusetts, US
Alma materNew College, Oxford
Yale University
Known forMinor 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]

  1. ^ Gingerich, O. (2010). "Brian Marsden (1937–2010)". Nature. 468 (7327): 1042. Bibcode:2010Natur.468.1042G. doi:10.1038/4681042a. PMID 21179155.
  2. ^ "MPEC 2010-W10 : BRIAN MARSDEN (1937 August 5-2010 November 18)". Minor Planet Center. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  3. ^ DENNIS HEVESI (22 November 2010). "Brian Marsden, Tracker of Comets, Dies at 73". The New York Times.