[meteorite-list] Brian Marsden, Eminent Astronomer and Comet/Asteroid Tracker, Dies

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 19 Nov 2010 21:25:33 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000AB000052E9_at_paulinet.de>

"predict that Swift-Tuttle would not return until
late 1992. This prediction proved to be correct."

B.G. Marsden (1992) Cover Story - Comet Swift-Tuttle:
Does It Threaten Earth? (Sky & Tel. 1992, pp. 16-19):

"My predicted dates for the next perihelion passages of Swift-Tuttle
 are July 11, 2126, and August 14, 2261- two exceptionally favorable
 returns very close to Earth. Our descendants in the 22nd century can
 look forward to quite a spectacle, ... "
Received on Fri 19 Nov 2010 04:25:33 PM PST