Bruce A. McIntosh worked at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

The NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics is the leading Canadian centre for astronomy and astrophysics.Named for the Nobel laureate Gerhard Herzberg, it was formed in 1975 as part of the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario...

, National Research Council of Canada

National Research Council of Canada

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, Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Ontario

Ontario

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His main area of research is meteor

METEOR

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s and asteroid

Asteroid

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s. He was awarded The Czech Academy of Science gold

Gold

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 medal for joint research on meteors with the Czechs. The Radar Meteor Survey he carried out with Peter Millman

Peter Millman

Peter Mackenzie Millman was a Canadian astronomer. He worked at the Dunlap Observatory from 1933 until 1940. In early 1941 he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946 he joined the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa...

 remains the benchmark to this day.

A main belt asteroid was named after him in 1988. Its proper name is 5061 McIntosh (1988 DJ) and has an absolute magnitude

Absolute magnitude

Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...

of 12.4.