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International Astronomical UnionCommission 4 : Ephemerides Newsletter Nr. 10 |
International Astronomical UnionCommission 4 : Ephemerides Newsletter Nr. 10 |
November 1, 1999
Subject: Newsletter No. 10
International Astronomical Union
Commission 4: Ephemerides
Newsletter No. 10 November 1, 1999
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10.0 Contents of this Newsletter
10.1 XXIVth IAU General Assembly
10.2 Available Forms for
Invitation from IAU President to Attend General Assembly
IAU Travel Grant Application
10.3 IAU Commission 4 (Ephemerides) Business Meeting
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10.1 XXIVth IAU General Assembly
The XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU will be held at the
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, during the period
August 7-18, 2000.
IAU Information Bulletin 85 gives many of the details; they
may also be found on the website, "http://www.iau.org/ib85/".
The schedule for Symposia and Joint Discussions is the following:
Event Title Dates Contact person
General Assembly:
GA I Inauguration Ceremony and First Aug 9 (PM) General
Business Session Secretary
GA II Second Business Session and Closing Aug 16 (PM) General
Ceremony Secretary
GA Symposia:
S201 New Cosmological Data and the Aug 7 - 11 R.D. Davies
Values of the Fundamental (AM)
Parameters
S202 Planetary Systems in the Universe Aug 7 - 10 A.J. Penny
S203 Recent Insights into the Physics of Aug 7 - 11 B. Fleck
the Sun and Heliosphere: Highlights (AM)
from SOHO and other Space Missions
(also European mirror site)
S204 The Extragalactic Infrared Aug 15 - 18 M. Harwit
Background and its Cosmological
Implications
S205 Galaxies and their Constituents at Aug 15 - 18 R. Schilizzi
the Highest Angular Resolution
Invited Discourses:
ID1 An Accelerating Universe? Evidence Aug 10 R.P. Kirshner
from Supernovae
ID2 Extrasolar Planetary Systems Aug 14 M. Mayor
ID3 The Three-Dimensional Structure of Aug 15 M.A.C. Perryman
our Galaxy
Joint Discussions:
JD1 Atomic & Molecular Data for Aug 9 (AM) - F. Rostas
Astrophysics: 10
New Developments, Case Studies &
Future Needs
JD2 Models and Constants for Aug 10 K. Johnston
Sub-microarcsecond Astrometry
JD3 Massive Star Birth Aug 10 P.S. Conti
JD4 The Transneptunian Population Aug 11 - 12 A. Lemaitre
(AM)
JD5 Mixing and Diffusion in Stars: Aug 11 - 12 J.-P. Zahn
Theoretical Predictions and (AM)
Observational Constraints
JD6 Applied Historical Astronomy Aug 11 F.R. Stephenson
JD7 The Sun and Space Weather Aug 11 (PM) G. Ai
- 12 (AM)
JD8 Oxygen Abundances in Old Stars and Aug 14 B. Barbuy
Implications to Nucleosynthesis and
Cosmology
JD9 Cold Gas and Dust at High Redshift Aug 14 D. Wilner
JD10 Cluster mergers and their Aug 14 L. Feretti
connection to radio sources
JD11 First Results from the FUSE Mission Aug 14 G. Sonneborn
JD12 Highlights of Planetary Exploration Aug 15 - 16 B. Bezard
from Space and from Earth (AM)
JD13 HIPPARCOS and the Luminosity Aug 15 T.H. Lloyd Evans
Calibration of the Nearer Stars
JD14 The Origins of Galactic Magnetic Aug 15 D.L. Moss
Fields
Special Scientific Session:
SPS Astronomy for Developing Countries Aug 14 - 16 A.H. Batten
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10.2 Available Forms for
a) Invitation from IAU President to Attend General Assembly
b) IAU Travel Grant Application
These forms are available on the Internet:
a) "http://www.iau.org/ib85/invpres.html".
b) "http://www.iau.org/ib85/ga_travlapp.html"
I have a hard copies of each of these. If you would like me to mail
you a copy, please send your name and postal address to
E M Standish; JPL 301-150; Pasadena, CA 91109; USA
or "ems@smyles.jpl.nasa.gov".
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10.4 IAU Commission 4 (Ephemerides) Business Meeting
We shall schedule a 90 minute Business Meeting for Commission 4 during
the General Assembly. Each member of Commission 4 may give a 3-4
minute presentation of activity at his or her own institution about
any topic, as long as it is related directly to ephemerides. You
must schedule your talk with me before March 31, 2000. E M Standish)
We may also have a bit of time at the end for an informal discussion about
enhancing our Commission Website ("http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/iau-comm4/").
Any comments or suggestions will be welcome.
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Commission 4 President Commission 4 Vice President
E Myles Standish Jr Jean Chapront
301-150 Observatoire de Paris - DANOF
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 61, Avenue de l'Observatoire
Pasadena, CA 91109 USA F-75014 Paris, FRANCE
Tel: 1 818 354 3959 Tel: 33 01 40 51 22 27
Fax: 1 818 393 6388 Fax: 33 01 40 51 22 91
ems@smyles.jpl.nasa.gov jean.chapront@obspm.fr
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Myles Standish