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Benjamin Markarian
Armenian astrophysicist (1913-1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benjamin Egishevich Markarian (Armenian: Բենիամին Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a common motion. He is also the namesake of a catalog of compact, optically bright galaxies (including both starbursts and active galactic nuclei) known as Markarian galaxies.
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Benjamin Markarian | |
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Բենիամին Մարգարյան | |
![]() Markarian on a 2013 Armenian stamp | |
Born | Benjamin Egishevich Markarian (1913-11-29)November 29, 1913 |
Died | September 29, 1985(1985-09-29) (aged 71) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics |
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