International Astronomical Union Commission 4 : Ephemerides Newsletter Nr. 6

March 2, 1998

Subject: Newsletter No. 6

                International Astronomical Union
                   Commission 4: Ephemerides
            Newsletter No. 6      March 2, 1998

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President                              Vice President

E Myles Standish Jr                    Jean Chapront
301-150                                Bureau des Longitudes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory              77, avenue Denfert Rochereau
Pasadena, CA 91109   USA               F-75014 Paris, FRANCE
Tel: 1 818 354 3959                    Tel: 33
Fax: 1 818 393 6388                    Fax: 
ems@smyles.jpl.nasa.gov                jean.chapront@danof.obspm.fr
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6.0 Contents of this Newsletter

  6.1  Thank you to Professor Kinoshita
       Thank you to Toshio Fukushima
  6.2  Commission 4 Website
  6.3  Members for whom I have no address

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  6.1  Thank you to Professor Kinoshita
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    It is my pleasure to express our thanks to our past President,

                    Hiroshi Kinoshita

who has guided our Commission over the past three years.  It is he who
wrote and assembled the Commission Report for the past three years and
who arranged the meetings at the General Assembly in Kyoto.

I would also like to say thank you to one of our members, Toshio Fukushima, 
who was the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for Kyoto; the meeting 
and  the accommodations were superb.

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  6.2  Commission 4 Website  
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I have now established the initial website on the Internet for Commission 4:

          http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/iau-comm4

This is just a first attempt; I am now asking for comments, additions,
corrections, etc. from the members

The site contains membership information, our latest commission report,
minutes of our business meeting in Kyoto, information about where the
public can find ephemeris information, reference to recent papers that
relate to ephemerides, and pointers to the home pages of the IAU and of
the IAU Division I.

Please do look at the site, and let me know of any corrections or additions 
that you feel would be suitable, especially for incorrect of missing membership
information.

Also note that the Website contains references to where people can find 
ephemeris information.  I think this needs our fullest attention.  I feel 
that one of the main purposes of Commission 4 is to make ephemerides easy
for the public to get.  Many sources already exist; it is our job help them
get the best ones.

For those without access to the Internet, I shall try to mail out hard copies, 
once the site is fairly well settled down.

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  6.3  Members for whom I have no address
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I do not have any address for the following people:
 
   Ismael Civera Alcaniz
   Xian-Zi  Zhao

Please let me know if you have their address or e-mail.