Brian George William Manning (14 May 1926 – 10 November 2011)[1] was an English astronomer who discovered 19 minor planets.[2] He was born in 1926 in Birmingham. He constructed his first mirror from a piece of glass that a World War II bomb blew out of the roof of the factory where his father worked. He began as an engineering draughtsman but later became a metrologist at the University of Birmingham. In the late 1950s, he constructed an interference-controlled ruling machine in a home workshop, which was able to rule high-quality 3 by 2 inch gratings.[3] In 1990, he received the H. E. Dall prize of the BAA.[3][4]
Brian G. W. Manning | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 May 1926 Handsworth, Birmingham, England |
| Died | 10 November 2011 (aged 85) Nightingales Residential home, Worcestershire, England |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
Discoveries
editBrian Manning is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 19 minor planets he made at Stakenbridge Observatory (494), near Kidderminster, England, between 1989 and 1997.[2] All of his discovered minor planets are asteroids of the main-belt:
| Object | Date | MPC |
|---|---|---|
| 4751 Alicemanning | 17 January 1991 | MPC |
| 4506 Hendrie | 24 March 1990 | MPC |
| 7239 Mobberley | 4 October 1989 | MPC |
| 7465 Munkanber | 31 October 1989 | MPC |
| 7519 Paulcook | 31 October 1989 | MPC |
| 7573 Basfifty | 4 November 1989 | MPC |
| 6156 Dall | 12 January 1991 | MPC |
| 6191 Eades | 22 November 1989 | MPC |
| 8166 Buczynski | 12 January 1991 | MPC |
| 8545 McGee | 2 January 1994 | MPC |
| 8914 Nickjames | 25 December 1995 | MPC |
| 10381 Malinsmith | 3 September 1996 | MPC |
| 10515 Old Joe | 31 October 1989 | MPC |
| 10538 Torode | 11 November 1991 | MPC |
| 15347 Colinstuart | 26 October 1994 | MPC |
| 24728 Scagell | 11 November 1991 | MPC |
| 52633 Turvey | 30 November 1997 | MPC |
| (69273) 1989 TN1 | 4 October 1989 | MPC |
| (100690) 1997 YY6 | 25 December 1997 | MPC |
References
edit- ^ Hurst 2012, p. 118.
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ a b William Liller (1992). The Cambridge Guide to Astronomical Discovery. Cambridge University Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-521-41839-9.
- ^ EBSCOhost Connection
- Hurst, Guy M. 'Brian George William Manning' in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association, April 2012, Volume 22, Number 2.
External links
edit- IAUC 3104, periodic comet Chernykh (1977l),
