Historical Reflections on the Work of IAU Commission 4 (Ephemerides)
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2015-11-06 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
As part of a reorganization of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Commission 4 (Ephemerides) went out of existence after the IAU General Assembly in August 2015. This paper presents brief discussions of some of the developments in fundamental astronomy that have influenced and been influenced by the work of Commission 4 over its 96-year history. The paper also presents notes about some of the publications of the national institutions that have played an essential role in the commission's mission. The contents of this paper were submitted for Commission 4's final report, to appear in IAU Transactions Vol. XXIX-A.
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@article{arxiv.1511.01546,
title = {Historical Reflections on the Work of IAU Commission 4 (Ephemerides)},
author = {George H. Kaplan and John A. Bangert and Agnes Fienga and William Folkner and Catherine Hohenkerk and Marina Lukashova and Elena V. Pitjeva and P. Kenneth Seidelmann and Michael Sveshnikov and Sean Urban and Jan Vondrak and Julia Weratschnig and James G. Williams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.01546},
year = {2015}
}
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22 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables; Editor: G. H. Kaplan; submitted to Transactions of the IAU Vol. XXIX-A