International Astronomical Union

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Astronomical_Union

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Predicate	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	3