Tom Marsh (astronomer)
Thomas Richard Marsh (1961–2022) was a British astronomer and astrophysicist. His research topics included the accretion and evolution of binary star systems.[1] He was awarded the Herschel Medal in 2018 for his development of doppler tomography which he used to study compact binary stars.[2][3]
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| Born | Thomas Richard Marsh 1961 Old Windsor, England, UK |
| Died | 2022 (aged 60–61) Atacama Desert, Chile |
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International and public engagement
Marsh worked to bring astronomy to less affluent countries and maintained a strong link with Thailand. This enabled astronomers there to use his high-speed cameras and be part of these international endeavours. He also worked with amateur astronomers, and one of his high-profile papers resulted from an initial observation by an amateur astronomer that he followed up.[4]
He went missing on 16 September 2022 while visiting La Silla Observatory in Chile, and his body was found in the Atacama Desert on 10 November 2022.[5][6]
See also
- List of solved missing person cases
- List of unsolved deaths
References
- Simion @Yonescat, Florin. "Professor Tom Marsh". The Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- "Professor Tom Marsh, astrophysicist whose research on binary stars helped shed light on how the universe evolved", The Daily Telegraph, 18 November 2022
- RAS medals and awards honour leading astronomers and geophysicists, Royal Astronomical Society, 2018, archived from the original on 14 January 2018
- "Professor Tom Marsh". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- Keith Perry (11 November 2022), "Body of missing astronomer Tom Marsh found in Chile's Atacama desert", The Times
- "Body confirmed as Warwick University professor missing in Chile". BBC News. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.