Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology

Description


Division F deals with our Solar System, extrasolar planetary systems, and bioastronomy.

To this purpose, the Division promotes studies concerning planetary systems, including our own, aimed at the understanding of their formation and evolution, from the point of view of the dynamics and of the physics, as well as of the occurrence of conditions favourable to the development of life in the universe.

Division F promotes the dissemination of reliable physical and dynamical data concerning the astronomical objects in the above fields, and oversees the assignment of proper nomenclature and discovery credits, where appropriate.


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Division Members

  • Total number of active members: 2626
  • Number of junior members: 233

Participating Commissions

Inter-Division A-F Commission Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
Inter-Division E-F-G Commission Impact of Magnetic Activity on Solar and Stellar Environments
Commission F1 Meteors, Meteorites and Interplanetary Dust
Commission F2 Exoplanets and the Solar system
Commission F3 Astrobiology
Commission F4 Asteroids, Comets & Transneptunian Objects
Cross-Division A-F Commission Solar System Ephemerides

Inter-Division Working Groups

Inter-Division A-F WG Cartographic Coordinates & Rotational Elements
Inter-Division A-F WG Near Earth Objects


Maria A. Barucci

Observatoire Paris-Site de Meudon
LESIA
5 Pl Jules Janssen
92195 Meudon Cedex
France

Phone: +33 1 45 07 77 75
Organization website: http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/

NCA adherence: France

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

Kevin Heng

University of Bern
Center for Space and Habitability
Gesellschaftsstrasse 6
Building ExWi
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland

Phone: +41 0316315918
Personal website: http://www.kevinheng.com
Organization website: http://csh.unibe.ch

NCA adherence: Switzerland

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

Gonzalo Tancredi

Facultad de Ciencias
Departamento de Astronomía
Igua 4225
Montevideo 11400
Uruguay

Phone: +598 2 525 86 24
Fax: +598 2 525 05 80
Personal website: http://www.fisica.edu.uy/~gonzalo

NCA adherence: Uruguay

Last updated:
November 20, 2023

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