Re: Pierre Neirinck, 1926-2016

From: Tristan Cools via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 12:36:52 +0100
I knew Pierre personally, this is very sad and I offer my  condolences to
his family and friends.  Many of us who attended the Eurosom meetings in
the nineties know his famous sense of humor.  I also remember our meetings
at his home in Malo les Bains near Dunkerque France, were we typed over his
satellite observations in our ppas database.  I will sincerly miss him.
tristan cools
Op 4-jan.-2016 16:33 schreef "Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l" <
seesat-l_at_satobs.org>:

>
> Dear all,
>
> Several of you already know, but for those who do not yet: the very sad
> news just reached us of the passing of Pierre Neirinck, nestor of our
> group, at the age of 89.
>
> Here is the e-mail:
>
> "De la part d'Annie et de Paul son voisin,
>
> Je me permets d'utiliser le carnet d'adresses et la messagerie de Pierre
> pour vous faire part de son voyage vers son astéroïde.
> Il nous a quittés hier matin et nous voit de là haut maintenant.
> Son inhumation aura lieu jeudi à 13h30 avec une cérémonie dans la salle du
> cimetière  de Dunkerque suivie de l'inhumation dans le caveau de famille à
> Malo"
>
>
> Pierre was an important member of King-Hele's professional satellite
> tracking group in the UK. Behind the scenes, after that group was
> abandoned, he remained an important animator of amateur tracking community
> and actively tracked classified satellites himself untill only a few years
> ago.
>
> He distributed Cospar site codes to new observers and untill recently
> issued semi-daily e-mails to the active observers with data analysis
> (usually of the Keyhole satellites), as well as brief comments on world
> affairs.The latter often included a tally of who violently left this planet
> in the previous days. His e-mails were very idiosyncratic in that sense,
> and I will miss them.
>
> More recently his declining health started to prevent him from observing
> and analysis, but he still occasionally e-mailed photo collages: Pierre was
> an enthusiastic photographer himself.
>
> The dead of Pierre makes the start of this new year extremely sad.
>
> Rest in Peace, Pierre. Have a safe journey to asteroid (142014) Neirinck.
>
>
> - Marco
>
>
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> Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
> e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org
>
> Cospar 4353 (Leiden):     52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
> Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
> Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
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