Benjamin Markarian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Armenian astrophysicist
Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1913
Place of Birth: Shaumiani, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
Date of Death: 30-Sep-1985
Profession: astronomer, physicist, astrophysicist, nuclear physicist
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Benjamin Markarian
- Benjamin "Benik" Egishevitch Markarian (Armenian: ???????? ?????? ?????????; born on 29 November, 1913 in Shulaver, Tiflis Governorate; died on 29 September, 1985 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR) was an Armenian astrophysicist.
- Markarian's Chain (of galaxies) was named after him when he discovered that this string of galaxies moves with a common motion.
- He is also the namesake of a catalog of compact, optically bright galaxies (including both starbursts and AGNs) known as Markarian galaxies.
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