(meteorobs) Sad News . . .

Ed Case edcase42 at hotmail.com
Thu Nov 18 16:13:40 EST 2010


I've been an amateur astronomer since I was a teen. I know he will be missed and thank him for all the great astronomical things he has given us. God bless him and his family.
 
Ed Case, now retired in Dolega, Chiriqui, Panama from the Dologa Observatory.
 
> From: Skywayinc at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:42:11 -0500
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Subject: (meteorobs) Sad News . . .
> 
> This might be off-topic on some of the lists to which I am a
> member of . . . but it is a very sad piece of news that everyone 
> in the astronomical community should be made aware of.
> 
> Brian was a good friend . . . a brilliant man . . . and one of the nicest 
> people in the astronomical community. 
> 
> As those of the Jewish faith would say, a real mensch. -- joe rao
> 
> 
> 
> Electronic Telegram No. 2554
> Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
> INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
> CBAT Director: Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
> 20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA 02138; U.S.A.
> e-mail: cbatiau at eps.harvard.edu (alternate cbat at iau.org)
> URL http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/index.html
> Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
> 
> 
> BRIAN G. MARSDEN (1937-2010)
> It is with deep regret that we must announce the death today
> of Brian G. Marsden after a lengthy illness. He will be remembered
> as contributing much to celestial mechanics and the dynamics and
> orbits of minor bodies of the solar system and as having an encyclopedic 
> knowledge of the history of astronomy. He was a dedicated servant to the 
> astronomical community for many decades, serving as Director of the 
> Central 
> Bureau from 1968 to 2000 (and as Director Emeritus since then) and as 
> Director 
> of the Minor Planet Center from 1978 to 2006 (and as Director Emeritus 
> since 
> then). He also served extensively within Commissions 6 and 20 of the IAU 
> over 
> the years, being past President of both Commissions. And he was one of 
> the most 
> visible astronomers in the world over the years in terms of his generous 
> availability to the news media on behalf of the astronomical community.
> 
> 
> NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes
> superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars.
> 
> (C) Copyright 2010 CBAT
> 2010 November 18 (CBET 2554) Daniel W. E. Green 
> 
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