Hayden chief astronomer Kenneth Franklin, 84
Posted: Thursday, June 21st, 2007 6:10 pmKenneth L. Franklin, long the Hayden Planetarium’s top astronomer, whose accomplishments included helping pinpoint the first noise known to have come from another planet and inventing a watch for use on the moon, died in Boulder, Colo., on Monday when the sun rose in New York at 5:07 a.m. He was 84, and had for years provided astronomical information to this newspaper, including the hour of sunrise. …
When people celebrated, cowered or yawned at the dawn of a new millennium on Jan. 1, 2000, Dr. Franklin wrote a paper strongly explaining that the new millennium would not properly begin until a year later.
He ended with a point that seems indisputable: “Whenever you note the time on the clock, realize that it is now — right now — later than it has ever been.” … Read full obituary
