Marsden, Brian G, 1937 (astronomer)
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence with Brian Marsden, 1960-01-10 - 1980-10-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/51
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Brian Marsden of the Yale University Observatory, and subsequently the Smithsonian Institute, regarding many topics in the field of cometary orbits, including Comets Harrington-Wirtanen, Tempel-Swift, Halley and many others; cometary calculations by the IBM-650 electronic computer, with the program according to Väisälä's method; the Newton-Raphson method for the solution of Kepler's Equation; computer calculations of nearly parabolic orbits; the designation of comets by a...
Dates:
1960-01-10 - 1980-10-29
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence with Dirk Brouwer, 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/8
Scope and Contents
Two letters from Dirk Brouwer, Yale University Observatory, 24 May - 22 June 1965, regarding Brian Marsden's imminent departure from the observatory, with an undated draft of a reference for Marsden written by Porter.
Dates:
1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence with R.L. Waterfield, 1969-10-28 - 1979-11-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/73
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Reginald L. Waterfield regarding problems relating to the measurements of photographic plates featuring comets and concerning the calculations connected to this; refraction corrections for stellar positions and the reduction of their coordinates as measured from photographic plates; the International Astronomical Union meeting at Brighton in July 1970 and Waterfield's desire to meet Brian Marsden and Elizabeth Roemer there; the fact that in November 1970 plates of Comet...
Dates:
1969-10-28 - 1979-11-28
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence with Robert Knight, 1972-03-20 - 1980-10-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/46
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Robert Knight concerned principally with calculations of the orbits of the satellites of Saturn, but also mentioning conjunctions and eclipses of these satellites; the Revd Cameron Dinwoodie and Brian Marsden; and older methods of calculation using tables, comparing these with the modern use of programmable scientific electronic calculators.
Dates:
1972-03-20 - 1980-10-23
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from K.A. Thirnöe, 1963-12-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/72
Scope and Contents
A letter from K.A. Thirnöe, Copenhagen Observatory, forwarding Brian Marsden's 'Roman Numeral Designations of Comets in 1961'.
Dates:
1963-12-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter to D.C. Martin, 1961-01-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/52
Scope and Contents
A copy of a letter to D.C. Martin regarding proposing M.P. Candy and B.G. Marsden for membership of the International Astronomical Union.
Dates:
1961-01-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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One Hundred Periodic Comets, 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/130
Scope and Contents
A reprint of Brian G. Marsden's 'One Hundred Periodic Comets', 'Science', Vol. 155, No. 3767, 10 March 1967, pp. 1207-1213, including a dedication from the author on the front cover.
Dates:
1967
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Gauss Method for Solving Kepler's Equation, 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/99
Scope and Contents
A reprint of Porter, B. Benima, J.R. Cherniack and B.G. Marsden's 'The Gauss Method for Solving Kepler's Equation in Nearly Parabolic Orbits', 'Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific', Vol. 81, No. 479, pp. 121-129, 1 booklet. There are also original and revised typescript versions of the paper, 21 pages.
Dates:
1969
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).