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Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (died 2010)

Brian G. Marsden

British astronomer (1937–2010)

Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
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August 5

Day of the year

August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 148 days remain until the end of the year.
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