Division A Fundamental Astronomy

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The AAS 2023 Berkeley Prize has been awarded to the Gaia Collaboration (Nov. 2022)
Division Days 5 & 8 August 2022
Gaia DR3 released 2022 June 13th
Lennart Lindegren and Michael Perryman receive the 2022 Shaw Prize in Astronomy (May 2022)

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2021 Lennart Lindegren (Lund observatory, Sweden) Dirk Brouwer prize AAS/DDA - The Dirk Brouwer Career Award recognizes annually a major contributor to the field of Dynamical Astronomy, who demonstrates excellence in scientific research. The prize has been awarded to Lennart Lindegren Professor Emeritus of Lund University.
2020 A. Cazeneuve : Vetlesen prize Awarded for “scientific achievement resulting in a clearer understanding of the Earth, its history, or its relation to the universe”.
Gaia EDR3 released 2020 December 3rd
IAUs symposium #364 has been postponed to 2021, tentative dates are: October 18-22, 2021
Two Focus Meetings coordinated by Division A will be hold during next General Assembly:
- Astrometry for 21st Century Astronomy
- Synergy of Small Telescopes and Large Surveys for Solar System and Exoplanetary Bodies Research
2019 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Michel Mayor (with James Peebles and Didier Queloz).