[meteorite-list] Brian Marsden

From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:00:03 -0800
Message-ID: <9180F6B27399C541B10663E21C8BDE929E2856_at_0461-its-exmb09.us.saic.com>

Hi All,

When I opened up my e-mail this morning and saw a flood of messages
with Brian's name in the title, I knew it was very sad news:

<http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10W10.html>

Dr. Marsden was a wonderful man that I had the great pleasure to
correspond with over the last decade, and was thrilled a few years
back to meet in his office in Cambridge, Mass. Always with a
friendly smile, and that gentle English accent, you couldn't help
but love the guy. For those that don't know, Brian was the one
to whom I sent all asteroid citation nominations, as well as my
trio of SWAN comet discoveries, and a number of other comet
"precoveries". Brian was also a major inspiration and patient tutor
that got me involved in comet hunting, and comet and NEO precovery--
all activities in which amateurs still play an important role,
and Brian strongly encouraged.

It is an understatement to say that he will be missed. He was a
mentor and icon to so many astronomers, and I'm very happy to
have known him. --Rob
Received on Thu 18 Nov 2010 03:00:03 PM PST