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 | |
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| Died | 10 November 2011 (aged 85) Nightingales Residential home, Worcestershire |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
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:
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References
- Hurst 2012, p. 118.
- "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- 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.