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{{Short description|Canadian astronomer}}

'''Peter Mackenzie Millman''' ([[1906]] – [[December 11]],[[1990]]) was a [[Canada|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]]. He then transferred to the [[National Research Council]] in [[1955]].

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| birth_name = Peter Mackenzie Millman

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| caption = Millman in 1976

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|08|10}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|12|11|1906|08|10}}

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| education = [[Harvard University]]

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| known_for = meteor studies

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| workplaces = [[Dunlap Observatory]], [[Dominion Observatory]], [[United States National Research Council|US National Research Council]]

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'''Peter Mackenzie Millman''' ([[August 10, 1906]] – [[December 11]],[[ 1990]]) was a [[Canada|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]]. He then transferred to the [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]] in [[1955]].

During his graduate studies at [[Harvard University]] he started a systematic study of [[meteor]] [[electromagnetic spectrum|spectra]] at the suggestion of [[Harlow ShapelyShapley]] in [[1929]]. He continued the work on meteors throughout his active scientific life. He organized one of his most successful observational campaigncampaigns in [[1946]], when aton the night of [[October 9]]/10 a spectacular shower of the [[Draconids|Giacobinids (October Draconids)]] provided many important photographic spectra.

He was awarded the [[J. Lawrence Smith Medal]] in [[1954]].

A [[Impact crater|crater]] on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and the [[minor planet]] [[2904 Millman]] were named in his honor.

==External links==

*[http://pranaadsabs.usaskharvard.caedu/~sartyabs/miacCD1/Other_recent/Millman1991JRASC..85...htm67H Obituary by Ian Halliday]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080307133218/http://ufo-joe.tripod.com/gov/millman.html Peter Millman Biography]

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