Marcel Grün

Marcel Grün
Marcel Grün, Congress of the Czech astronomical society 2007
Born20 November 1946 Edit this on Wikidata
Cheb Edit this on Wikidata
Died2 November 2020 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 73)
Prague Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationAstronomer, writer, opinion journalist, science communicator, mechanical engineer Edit this on Wikidata

Marcel Grün (20 November 1946 in Cheb – 2 November 2020[1]) was a Czech astronomer, teacher, and writer. For over 15 years he worked as the director of the Prague Observatory and Planetarium.

Life

He worked at the Štefánik Observatory. He graduated from the Czech Technical University. In the 1960s, he was a member of the unofficial SPACE club.[2] At the Prague Planetarium, he was involved in astronautics. From 2002 to 2018, he was director of the Prague Observatory and Planetarium.[3]

The asteroid 10403 Marcelgrün is named for him.

References

  1. ↑ "Zemřel Marcel Grün, šéf hvězdárny, popularizátor astronomie a náš kolega". iDNES.cz. 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Český klub SPACE slaví 50 let. Tak dlouho provádí Čechy vesmírem". iDNES.cz. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  3. ↑ "Hvězdárna a planetárium má nového ředitele". www.prazskypatriot.cz (in Czech). 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2020-07-02.