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International Astronomical Union
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https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Astronomical_Union
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Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:learned_society
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:IAU
gptkbp:affiliatedWith
gptkb:International_Science_Council
gptkbp:budget
approximately €2 million
gptkbp:country
gptkb:France
gptkbp:fieldOfWork
gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
planetary science
space science
gptkbp:first_General_Assembly
1922
gptkbp:founded
1919
gptkbp:hasSection
Commissions
Divisions
Working Groups
gptkbp:headquarters_location
gptkb:Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
International Astronomical Union
gptkbp:logo
IAU logo.svg
gptkbp:membership
82 national members
over 13,000 individual members
gptkbp:notable_member
gptkb:Andrea_Ghez
gptkb:Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin
gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkb:Jan_Oort
gptkb:Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
gptkb:Margaret_Burbidge
gptkb:Martin_Rees
gptkb:Reinhard_Genzel
gptkb:Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar
gptkb:Vera_Rubin
gptkbp:notableEvent
Pluto reclassification as a dwarf planet
gptkbp:officialLanguage
gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:organization
gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:organizes
gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
Symposia
gptkbp:parentOrganization
gptkb:International_Science_Council
gptkbp:president
gptkb:Debra_Elmegreen
gptkbp:publishes
gptkb:IAU_Circulars
gptkb:IAU_Transactions
gptkbp:purpose
gptkb:astronomy
promotion of astronomical research
standardization of astronomical nomenclature
gptkbp:regionServed
worldwide
gptkbp:responsible_for
definition of astronomical constants
naming of celestial bodies
standardization of astronomical units
gptkbp:website
https://www.iau.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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