scholarly journals Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature (Wgpsn): (Groupe de Travail Pour la Nomenclature du Systeme Planetaire)

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 439-441
Author(s):  
K. Aksnes ◽  
M. E. Davies ◽  
C. de Bergh ◽  
M. Ya. Marov ◽  
B.G. Marsden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Planetary System ◽  
Minor Planet ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Final Approval ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Galilean Satellites

Since July 1996, 815 new names on features on bodies in the Solar System have been assigned by the WGPSN and approved at the IAU General Assembly in Kyoto in 1997. Of these names, 666 were for Venus, 17 for Mars, 3 for the Moon, 125 for the Galilean satellites, 3 for the Uranian satellite Miranda, and 1 for the minor planet Ida. 71 additional names mostly on Venus have been selected and have been given or are awaiting provisional approval by the IAU Executive Committee (EC). These names are up for final approval at the next IAU General Assembly.

scholarly journals Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (Group De Travail Pour La Nomenclature Du System Plametaire)

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 613-619
Author(s):  
K. Aksnes ◽  
A. Brahic ◽  
M. Fulchignoni ◽  
M. Ya. Marov ◽  
D. Morrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Planetary System ◽  
Planetary Science ◽  
General Assembly

It is with great sadness that we have to report the death on 24 August 1990 of the WG’s President, Harold Masursky, at the age of 66. Dr. Masursky is known for his many contributions in planetary science and for his many years of dedicated work in planetary nomenclature. During the interim until the next IAU General Assembly the IAU Executive Committee has appointed K. Aksnes as Acting President of the WG.

Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature: (Committee of the Executive Committee)

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 703-708
Author(s):  
H. Masursky ◽  
K. Aksnes ◽  
G.E. Hunt ◽  
M. Ya. Marov ◽  
P.M. Millman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Planetary System ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Task Groups ◽  
Nomenclature Committee

Since the General Assembly at New Delhi in November 1985, the Working Group held two meetings within six weeks of each other; most members of the Working Group and several members of Task Groups were able to attend at least one of these meetings. The thirteenth meeting of the Working Group was held at Toulouse, France on June 30 to July 2,1986; the fourteenth meeting was held at Moscow, USSR, on August 10,1986; the fifteenth meeting took place from August 13 to 15 in Soviet Armenia.

scholarly journals Proceedings of the Joint Discussion: Parameters of the Earth's Gravitational Field

1966 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 607-609
Author(s):  
A. H. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Astronomical Union ◽  
Earth’S Gravitational Field ◽  
International Astronomical ◽  
Astronomical Constants

The Chairman, W. Fricke, President of Commission 4, opened the Joint Discussion by drawing attention to the purpose and proposed procedure for the meeting. The Joint Discussion had been arranged by the Executive Committee of the Union in order to avoid the necessity for separate discussions by each Commission that was affected by the Report of the Working Group on the IAU System of Astronomical Constants. The Organizing Committee therefore proposed the following resolution:‘The members of the IAU at this Joint Discussion recommend to the Executive Committee that the following resolution be put before the General Assembly: “The International Astronomical Union endorses the final list of constants prepared by the Working Group on the System of Astronomical Constants and recommends that it be used in the national and international astronomical ephemerides at the earliest practicable date.’”

scholarly journals Proceedings of the Joint Discussion: Arguments in Favor of the Revision of the Conventional System of Astronomical Constants

1966 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 604-606
Author(s):  
W. Fricke
Keyword(s):  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Conventional System ◽  
International Astronomical Union ◽  
International Astronomical ◽  
Astronomical Constants

The Chairman, W. Fricke, President of Commission 4, opened the Joint Discussion by drawing attention to the purpose and proposed procedure for the meeting. The Joint Discussion had been arranged by the Executive Committee of the Union in order to avoid the necessity for separate discussions by each Commission that was affected by the Report of the Working Group on the IAU System of Astronomical Constants. The Organizing Committee therefore proposed the following resolution:‘The members of the IAU at this Joint Discussion recommend to the Executive Committee that the following resolution be put before the General Assembly: “The International Astronomical Union endorses the final list of constants prepared by the Working Group on the System of Astronomical Constants and recommends that it be used in the national and international astronomical ephemerides at the earliest practicable date.’”

scholarly journals Working Group on Future Large Scale Facilities in Astronomy

1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-60
Author(s):  
H. R. Butcher
Keyword(s):  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Hague

The idea for a Working Group (WG) on “Future Large Scale Facilities in Astronomy” grew from a discussion held on 20 August, 1994, during the IAU General Assembly in The Hague. The IAU Executive Committee approved its formation in August, 1995, and its composition in October, 1995. The WG will remain active at least until the XXIIIrd General Assembly in Kyoto in 1997. Members are: H. Butcher (Chairman), R. Ekers, B. Fort, N. Kardashev, M. Longair, F. Pacini, L. Rodriguez, G. Swarup, Y. Tanaka, H. Tananbaun, and L. Woltjer (ex officio). The WG carries out its work mostly by email and FAX.

scholarly journals Working Group on Hot Massive Stars (Groupe De Travail Sur Les Etoiles Massives Chaudes)

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-185
Author(s):  
Philippe Eenens ◽  
Joseph Cassinelli ◽  
Peter Conti ◽  
Catharine Garmany ◽  
Karel van der Hucht ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Starburst Galaxies ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Hot Stars ◽  
Ob Stars ◽  
Luminous Blue Variables

The Working Group on Hot Massive Stars has been officially recognized by the IAU Executive Committee during the XXIII General Assembly in August 1997. Its origins are the Hot Star Newsletter, launched in 1994, and a long tradition of interaction and collaborative research strengthened by a series of meetings on hot beaches. It gathers over 500 researchers working on OB stars, Luminous Blue Variables, Wolf-Rayet stars, and in general all topics related to the evolution of massive stars and to the physics and consequences of winds from hot stars. The very successful recent symposium on “Wolf-Rayet phenomena in massive stars and starburst galaxies” is an indicator of the increasing interest of the extragalactic community in the study of these extraordinary stars.

scholarly journals Working Group on Planetary Systems Nomenclature (WGPSN)

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (T26A) ◽  
pp. 179-180
Author(s):  
Kaare Aksnes Aksnes ◽  
J. Blue ◽  
J. Blunck ◽  
G.A. Burba ◽  
G. Consolmagno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Outer Solar System ◽  
Small Bodies ◽  
Task Groups ◽  
Western Norway ◽  
System Input ◽  
E Mail

Since the IAU General Assembly in Sydney in July 2003, the WGPSN has conducted its business through numerous e-mail exchanges between the members. A nomenclature workshop was held at Hardingasete, western Norway on September 1–3, 2005. That meeting was attended by eight members from the WG and two from the Task Groups (TG) for the small bodies and for the outer solar system. Input to the meeting had also been received by e-mail from other members.

scholarly journals DIVISION I-III / WORKING GROUP CARTOGRAPHIC COORDINATES AND ROTATIONAL ELEMENTS

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (T27A) ◽  
pp. 68-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent A. Archinal ◽  
P. Kenneth Seidelmann ◽  
Michael F. A'Hearn ◽  
Edward L. Bowell ◽  
Albert R. Conrad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Business Meeting ◽  
Division I ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Cartographic Coordinates ◽  
Solar System Bodies

The IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates & Rotational Elements published its (2006) triennial report containing current recommendations for models for solar system bodies (Seidelmann et al. 2007). P. Kenneth Seidelmann stepped down as chairperson and B. A. Archinal was elected chairperson at the Working Group business meeting that took place at the IAU XXVI General Assembly in Prague in 2006.

scholarly journals 20. Positions and Motions of Minor Planets, Comets and Satellites

1979 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-144
Author(s):  
B. G. Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Outer Part ◽  
Minor Planet ◽  
Minor Planets ◽  
The Past

The past triennium has been noteworthy for several significant discoveries in the outer part of the solar system. The discovery of the rings of Uranus was inspired by the activities of Commission 20’s new Working Group on Occultations. Although the discovery of a probable Plutonian satellite has not yet been completely confirmed, the implication that Pluto’s mass is only 0.002 earth masses may make it desirable to consider whether Pluto should be relegated to minor-planet status. The orbit of Pluto is in fact not greatly dissimilar to that of the object classified as the new minor planet (2060) Chiron, which was found to have its aphelion near the orbit of Uranus and its perihelion just inside the orbit of Saturn.

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