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unusual facts about Brian G. Marsden


Biela's Comet

Brian G. Marsden and Zdeněk Sekanina attempted to calculate a likely orbit for any remaining parts of the comet; it was during a search using Marsden's calculations that Luboš Kohoutek discovered Comet Kohoutek.


Brian G. Hutton

In 1958, he played a young gunfighter, "The Kid", in the episode "Yampa Crossing" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Sugarfoot, starring Will Hutchins in the title role, with fellow guest stars Roger Smith and Harold J. Stone.

Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden

Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden revolves around a plaintiff, York University student Daniel Freeman-Maloy, who held two protests at York University regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, disrupting classes.

An April 14, 2005 decision at the Superior Court found that Marsden was correct, as it was "plain and obvious" that her office as President of York University did not constitute a public office.

Gimme the Light

"The Buzz" became the biggest Dancehall rhythm of 2002, followed by the Diwali rhythm by Steven "Lenky" Marsden later on, which was also his first hit production.

Sea of Japan naming dispute

In the United States state of Virginia, state lawmaker David W. Marsden, acting on behalf of Korean-American voters, introduced a bill to the education panel of the Senate of Virginia that would have required public school textbooks to include both Sea of Japan and East Sea as names.

South Shields, Marsden, and Whitburn Colliery Railway

On 1 January 1947 the coal company was vested in the National Coal Board so the railway became the first nationalised passenger line in Britain.

Theistic science

Similar ideas have been expressed by George M. Marsden and Mehdi Golshani (the latter referring to it as 'Islamic science').


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