Brian G. Marsden
British astronomer (1937ā2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Brian Marsden, see Brian Marsden (disambiguation).
Brian Geoffrey Marsden (5 August 1937 ā 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]
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Born | (1937-08-05)August 5, 1937 Cambridge, England |
Died | November 18, 2010(2010-11-18) (aged 73) |
Alma mater | New College, Oxford Yale University |
Known for | Minor Planet Center |
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