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Very sad news, Brian Marsden passed away earlier today.

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Very sad news, Brian Marsden passed away earlier today. <http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10W10.html> ... Reinder J. Bouma e-mail (1):...
reinder j bouma
reinder_bouma Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
3:59 pm

An incredible man and mentor to many people. One of the classical astronomers left in the world, and his fascination and perception of the small bodies of the...
P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002 Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
4:29 pm

Hello, ... I can not tell how sad I feel when I heard the news. Especially since only a few days ago we had the last e-mail exchange - the last in a long list...
Maik Meyer
maiki666 Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
4:42 pm

A significative miss for whole the astronomical community. My condolences to his family and friends. Giovanni Sostero...
gvnn64@...
gvnn64 Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
4:46 pm

This has hit me as hard as losing a close friend. Brian and I began corresponding around the mid-1970s. He was always very encouraging toward my observing and...
kronk@...
gary_kronk Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
4:55 pm

Truly sad news. I met Brian on a couple of occasions at a conference in Tucson, and here in New Zealandon a visit; a long time back in the late 1970s. A great...
Rodney Austin
rodcomet Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
5:37 pm

Hello all; A sad day here too. Dr. Marsden as a great man, with a warm personality and a sharp mind. I loved his English accent. With all my comet...
DonM353259@...
donmachholz Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
5:52 pm

He was a big fan of amateur astronomers.It will be a great loss for us. Luciano Lai , Obs 560 ... From: reinder j bouma To: comets-ml@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
luciano l.
francylai0 Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
6:07 pm

He linked the profs with the amateurs. He was one of the greatest amateurs indeed. I miss him so much. For Dr. Brian G. Marsden. ...
Bernd Häusler
stargazer_fr... Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
7:12 pm

Wow . . . Where does one even begin? I began corresponding with Brian back in the 1970s when I was still in high school, initially via letters (who remembers...
Alan Hale
ahale15 Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
6:37 pm

A great lost... My condolence for his family. R.I.P. Juan A.Henríquez http://atlante.org.es J51 2010/11/18 Bernd Häusler <bernhard.haeusler@...> ... ...
Juan Antonio Henrí...
jahensan Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
7:36 pm

This is really sad news :( For me was Brian Marsden living legend, like sir Halley of our age. He will definitively survive in our memories. My condolence to...
kaos@...
sigfridkaos Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
7:40 pm

I'm very shocked and saddened to hear about the passing of Dr. Brian Marsden, he is a true hero of mine and an absolute legend. Rest in peace Dr. Marsden -...
martin mc kenna
martinastro2003 Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
7:46 pm

I took my first comet image of Halley in the 80's, I was hooked. Then the work and family took over. Then when I reached 46 years of age in 1995 and the...
tricks46 Offline Send Email Nov 18, 2010
7:47 pm

Sorry to hear this sad news, my thoughts and prayers are with his family. I have never corresponded with Brian, but his name is well known in this circle and...
Mr Wyatt
outbackmanyep Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
9:16 pm

I didn't have the chance to meet Dr. Marsden in person. I expected to do it at the first IWCA but seems he couldn't travel to Selvino. As far I see, he was an...
Jose Carvajal
jcarvajal_ma... Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
9:05 pm

Hi On behalf of the Comet Section of the Astronomical Society of Victoria, Australia, I would like to pass on my condolences to the family and friends of Brian...
constoitsis Offline Send Email Nov 18, 2010
9:15 pm

folks... as it turns out, some years ago Brian Marsden penned an autobiographic recap of his distinguished career "just in case." it was posted today by Gareth...
Kelly Beatty
nightsky_guy Offline Send Email
Nov 19, 2010
5:08 am

Like a Kreutz comet careening to close to the sun he has left us  but the sparkle in his eye and the enthusiasm of his voice and the bright spirit of the man...
pat stonehouse
discoverer98 Offline Send Email
Nov 19, 2010
7:37 am

Hello all! Our interview with B. Marsden.. (April 2010) ... I suppose this started with a partial solar eclipse I saw at the age of 5 (when I was in England),...
Artyom Novichonok
artnovich Offline Send Email
Nov 19, 2010
9:48 am

Very very sad news... He was a real friend for all amateur astronomers! My condolence to his family. Martino Nicolini 107 - Cavezzo...
Martino Nicolini
mnico2002 Offline Send Email
Nov 18, 2010
10:56 pm

Geez, very sad news. RIP ... Very sad news, Brian Marsden passed away earlier today. <http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10W10.html> ... Reinder J....
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gldsktr Offline Send Email
Nov 19, 2010
4:34 am

<comets-ml@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20%5Bcomets-ml%5D%20Brian%20Marsden>sad news My condolence to his family. Brian, good way to your comets B09 B33 -- ...
Paolo Bacci
asa-scienza Offline Send Email
Nov 19, 2010
6:29 pm

What a sad news to all of us! Despite not having contacted with Brian before, I always looked up to him as, in my mind, and in reality as well, he's one of the...
W.-t. Hsu
wentaopachacoti Offline Send Email
Nov 19, 2010
4:29 pm

I must say that I was very hesitant to open that first e-mail I saw yesterday headed simply "Brian Marsden". I almost instinctively knew what the content of...
jbortle@...
cnj999 Offline Send Email
Nov 20, 2010
5:07 am

I hope I don't get in trouble for this post and would hope that in the future Mr Marsdens close friends and family will look at this and smile. I took the Mr....
tricks46 Offline Send Email Nov 20, 2010
8:40 pm

I can imagine Brian Marsden having a wry grin at that one. Rod Austin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Rodney Austin
rodcomet Offline Send Email
Nov 20, 2010
8:42 pm

Very well done Mike. Brian will be sorely missed by many. He really was a star in his field. Thanks. John Drummond Possum Observatory Complex International...
John Drummond
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Nov 20, 2010
9:07 pm
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