Brian G. W. Manning

Brian G. W. Manning (14 May 1926—10 November 2011)^[1] was an English astronomer who discovered several asteroids. 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.^[2] In 1990, he received the H. E. Dall prize of the BAA.^[2][3]

List of Asteroids discovered by Manning

• 4751 Alicemanning discovered January 17, 1991
• 4506 Hendrie discovered March 24, 1990
• 7239 Mobberley discovered October 4, 1989
• 7465 Munkanber discovered October 31, 1989
• 7519 Paulcook discovered October 31, 1989
• 7573 Basfifty discovered November 4, 1989
• 6156 Dall discovered January 12, 1991
• 6191 Eades discovered November 22, 1989
• 8166 Buczynski discovered January 12, 1991
• 8545 McGee discovered January 2, 1994
• 8914 Nickjames discovered December 25, 1995
• 10381 Malinsmith discovered September 3, 1996
• 10515 Old Joe discovered October 31, 1989
• 10538 Torode discovered November 11, 1991
• 15347 discovered October 26, 1994
• 24728 Scagell discovered November 11, 1991
• 52633 discovered November 30, 1997
• 69273 discovered October 4, 1989
• 100690 discovered December 25, 1997

See also

• List of minor planets: 4001–5000
• List of minor planets: 7001–8000
• List of minor planets: 6001–7000
• List of minor planets: 8001–9000
• List of minor planets: 10001–11000
• List of minor planets: 15001–16000
• List of minor planets: 24001–25000
• List of minor planets: 52001–53000
• List of minor planets: 69001–70000
• List of minor planets/100601–100700
• List of minor planets: 100001–101000

References

• Hurst, Guy M. 'Brian George William Manning' in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association, April 2012, Volume 22, Number 2.