Brian Marsden passes into the Great Beyond

For a long time, anytime someone discovered a new comet or asteroid of note, Brian Marsden's name would pop up because it was via he that the orbit of the comet, and the potential display it might put on as it neared the Sun (if it did), was calculated with a couple of photographs for positioning. Marsden passed away on November 18, 2010.

Brian G. Marsden (1937-2010)

If anyone deserved to have a milligram of his ashes riding around forever on a comet, he did.