Marcel Golay

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Swiss astronomer (1927-2015)

Switzerland ScientistsLived 1927 to 2015 · aged 87

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Marcel Golay was a Swiss astronomer, professor at Geneva University and the eighth director of the Geneva Observatory from 1956 to 1992.

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Marcel Golay at Geneva Observatory in 1966

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1986Prix Jules Janssen

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Marcel Golay was a Swiss astronomer, professor at Geneva University and the eighth director of the Geneva Observatory from 1956 to 1992. Golay was a member of the International Astronomical Union and president of several of its commissions including "Stellar Classification" and "Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry". In 1991, University of Basel awarded him an honorary professorship. Asteroid 3329 Golay is named after him.

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