Brian G. W. Manning

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
Died10 November 2011(2011-11-10) (aged 85)
Nightingales Residential home, Worcestershire
NationalityBritish
OccupationAstronomer

Discoveries

Brian 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:

Discoveries by Brian G. W. Manning (i)
4751 Alicemanning17 January 1991MPC
4506 Hendrie24 March 1990MPC
7239 Mobberley4 October 1989MPC
7465 Munkanber31 October 1989MPC
7519 Paulcook31 October 1989MPC
7573 Basfifty4 November 1989MPC
6156 Dall12 January 1991MPC
6191 Eades22 November 1989MPC
8166 Buczynski12 January 1991MPC
8545 McGee2 January 1994MPC
Discoveries by Brian G. W. Manning (ii)
8914 Nickjames25 December 1995MPC
10381 Malinsmith3 September 1996MPC
10515 Old Joe31 October 1989MPC
10538 Torode11 November 1991MPC
15347 Colinstuart26 October 1994MPC
24728 Scagell11 November 1991MPC
52633 Turvey30 November 1997MPC
(69273) 1989 TN14 October 1989MPC
(100690) 1997 YY625 December 1997MPC

References

  1. Hurst 2012, p. 118.
  2. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. William Liller (1992). The Cambridge Guide to Astronomical Discovery. Cambridge University Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-521-41839-9.
  4. EBSCOhost Connection
  • Hurst, Guy M. 'Brian George William Manning' in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association, April 2012, Volume 22, Number 2.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.