What is Marcel Grün?
{{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL}} '''Marcel Grün''' (20 November 1946 in [[Cheb]] – 2 November 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/technet/vesmir/marcel-grun-zemrel-2-11-2020.A201103_140611_tec_vesmir_vse|title=Zemřel Marcel Grün, šéf hvězdárny, popularizátor astronomie a náš kolega|date=2020-11-03|website=iDNES.cz|access-date=2020-11-03}}</ref>) was a [[Czech Republic|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/technet/vesmir/cesky-klub-space-slavi-50-let-tak-dlouho-provadi-cechy-vesmirem.A111007_164704_tec_vesmir_vse|title=Český klub SPACE slaví 50 let. Tak dlouho provádí Čechy vesmírem|date=2011-10-10|website=iDNES.cz|access-date=2020-07-02}}</ref> At the [[Prague Planetarium]], he was involved in astronautics. From 2002 to 2018, he was director of the [[Prague Observatory and Planetarium]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prazskypatriot.cz/hvezdarna-a-planetarium-ma-noveho-reditele/|title=Hvězdárna a planetárium má nového ředitele|date=2018-01-02|website=www.prazskypatriot.cz|language=cs|access-date=2020-07-02}}</ref> The [[asteroid]] 10403 Marcelgrün is named for him. == References == <references /> {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grün, Marcel}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Czech astronomers]] {{people-stub}}