IAU Joint Discussions (GA)
JD7: Space-time reference systems for future research
Start date/time
August 27, 2012
End date/time
August 29, 2012
Place
Beijing,
China Nanjing
Contact
Dennis McCarthy
dennis.mccarthy@usno.navy.mil
Event website
http://www.referencesystems.info/iau-joint-discussion-7.html
Coordinating Division
Division I Fundamental Astronomy
SOC Co-Chairs: Nicole Capitaine (France), Sergei Klioner (Germany), Dennis McCarthy (United States)
SOC Members: George H. Kaplan (United States), Zoran Knezevic (Republic of Serbia), Dafydd Wyn Evans (United Kingdom), Harald Schuh (Austria), Richard N. Manchester (Australia), Gérard Petit (France)
Editors of Proceedings: Nicole Capitaine (France), George Kaplan (United States), Sergei Klioner (Germany)
Topics:
- Space-time reference systems compatible with general relativity
- Accurate planetary ephemerides and time references for space missions and pulsar investigations
- Development of radio reference frames for space missions and astronomy
- Development of optical reference frames for exoplanet investigations
