[meteorite-list] Brian Marsden, Eminent Astronomer and Comet/Asteroid Tracker, Dies
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Fri Nov 19 16:25:33 EST 2010
"predict that Swift-Tuttle would not return until
late 1992. This prediction proved to be correct."
B.G. Marsden (1992) Cover Story - Comet Swift-Tuttle:
Does It Threaten Earth? (Sky & Tel. 1992, pp. 16-19):
"My predicted dates for the next perihelion passages of Swift-Tuttle
are July 11, 2126, and August 14, 2261- two exceptionally favorable
returns very close to Earth. Our descendants in the 22nd century can
look forward to quite a spectacle, ... "
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