International Astronomical Union

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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