International Astronomical Union | IAU
Founded in 1919, has a mission to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy through international cooperation. The organization is also the internationally recognized authority for assigning ...
http://www.iau.org/ |
IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes | ...
The first half of the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly has just concluded.
http://www.iau.org/iau0603.414.0.html |
Astronomy 2006 - IAU XXVIth General Assembly
26th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Prague, 14. - 25. August 2006...
http://www.astronomy2006.com/ |
IAU WWW Home Page
International Astronomical Union Commission 46 on Education and Development Program Group on Public Education on the Occasions of Solar Eclipses Working Group on Solar Eclipses...
http://www.eclipses.info/ |
International Astronomical Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) unites national astronomical societies from around the world. It also acts as the internationally recognized authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies (stars, planets, asteroids, etc.) and any surface features on them, and is a member of the...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union |
Minor Planet Names
Comité pour la nomenclature des petits corps célestes ... These designations are based on the date of discovery and are assigned by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) according to a well defined formula.
http://www.ss.astro.umd.edu/IAU/csbn/mp.shtml |
So You Think You've Discovered A Comet...
Good sources for the positions of known comets include the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Circulars, the Minor Planet Circulars, the annual Comet Handbook of the International Comet Quarterly, ...
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/CometDiscovery.html |
Elements & Ephemerides: Observable Comets
recent magnitude estimates of comets as reported to the International Comet Quarterly (links to the magnitudes are also given from the pages for individual comets shown below).
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/index.html |
USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - History
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has been the arbiter of planetary and satellite nomenclature since its organizational meeting in 1919 in Brussels.
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/history.html |
NASA - International Astronomical Union to Decide: What Is a Planet? ...
planets The International Astronomical Union, currently meeting in Prague, is expected to vote on the definition of a planet.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/audio/planets-20060816.html |
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