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Brian G. Marsden

1937 - 2010

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Brian Geoffrey Marsden (5 August 1937 – 18 November 2010) 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian G. Marsden has received more than 49,673 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Brian G. Marsden is the 352nd most popular astronomer (down from 349th in 2019), the 2,970th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,898th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 48.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Brian G. Marsden ranks 352 out of 531. Before him are Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, Joseph Helffrich, Elia Millosevich, Hugo Gyldén, David Rittenhouse, and Sandra Faber. After him are George Van Biesbroeck, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Kees de Jager, Warren De la Rue, Milorad B. Protić, and Philibert Jacques Melotte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Brian G. Marsden ranks 273. Before him are Ivo Daneu, Birju Maharaj, Barbro Lindgren, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Helmut Recknagel, and Juan José Saer. After him are Vittorio Adorni, David Margulies, Zoltán Horváth, Anita Traversi, Moacyr Scliar, and Merle Haggard. Among people deceased in 2010, Brian G. Marsden ranks 220. Before him are Fernando Riera, Beverly Aadland, Jacqueline de Romilly, Jimmy Gardner, Jonathan Motzfeldt, and Dixie Carter. After him are Otmar Suitner, Bob Guccione, Jacques Martin, Shirley Verrett, Herbert Erhardt, and Loki Schmidt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian G. Marsden ranks 2,970 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Digges (1546), Anthony Phillips (1951), Roy Urquhart (1901), Andrew Birkin (1945), Andy Cole (1971), and Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878). After him are Beatrice Webb (1858), Tom Conti (1941), John Higgins (1975), Lita Ford (1958), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), and John Barnard (1946).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Brian G. Marsden ranks 43. Before him are Frank Watson Dyson (1868), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Norman Lockyer (1836), Johann von Lamont (1805), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), and Cyril Jackson (1903). After him are Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), William Christie (1845), and Geoffrey Burbidge (1925).

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