Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, Volume XXIIB: Proceeding of the Twenty-Second General Assembly, The Hague 1994

911 Pages·1996·22.671 MB·English

by  Immo Appenzeller (auth.), Immo Appenzeller (eds.)

TRANSACTIONS
OF THE
IN1ERNATIONAL
ASTRONOMICAL UNION
VOLUME XXnB -PROCEEDINGS
INTERNATIONAL ASlRONOMICAL UNION
UNION ASlRONOMIQUE INTERNATIONALE
TRANSACTIONS
OFTIfE
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
VOLUME XXIIB
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY -SECOND
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE HAGUE 1994
Edited by
IMMO APPENZELLER
General Secretary of the Union
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON
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InternatIonal AstronomIcal UnIon. General Assembly (22nd : 1994
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ProceedIngs of the twenty-second General Assembly, The Hague 1994
/ edIted by Immo Appenzeller.
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Pr6sident de l'Union Astronomique Internationale
ALEXANDER BOYARCHUK
PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
1991-1994
CONTENTS
Preface xi
CHAPTER I -INAUGURAL CEREMONY 1
Address the President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 3
Address by the Chairman of the Netherlands Committee for Astronomy................ 4
Address by the Deputy-Mayor of the City of the Hague .............................................. 6
Address by the Minister for Education and Science ..................................................... 6
Address by the President of the lAU ............................................................................... 8
CHAPTER II -TWENTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY .............................................. 11
First Session 13
1. Formal Opening by the President ....................................................................... 13
2. Appointment of Official Interpreters .................................................................. 14
3. Report of the Executive Committee 1991-1994 ................................................. 14
4. Report by the President of the Work ................................................................. 15
of the Special Nominating Committee
5. Official Representatives of Adhering Organisations and ................................. 16
Representatives to serve on the Nominating Committee
6. Acting Presidents of Commissions ...................................................................... 17
7. Appointment of the Finance Committee ............................................................ 18
8. Revision of the Statutes and Bye-Laws ............................................................. 19
9. Appointment of the Resolutions Committee ..................................................... 19
10. Resolutions submitted by Adhering Organisations .......................................... 19
11. Resolutions submitted by Commissions ............................................................. 20
or Associated Inter-Union Commissions
Second Session 21
12. Financial matters
- Report of the Finance Committee .................................................................... 21
- Vote on proposed budget for 1994-1996 & 1997 ............................................. 22
13. Vote on the change of Statutes and Bye-Laws ................................................. 22
14. Restructuring of Commissions and Working Groups ....................................... 22
15. Nomination of Commission Presidents & Vice-Presidents ............................... 23
16. Report of the work of the Resolutions Committee .......................................... 24
16a. Resolutions with financial implications ............................................................ 24
voted by the Adhering Organizations
16b. Resolutions without financial implications ....................................................... 25
16c. Cover Resolution .................................................................................................... 54
16d. Resolutions proposed by the Commissions ....................................................... 55
17 Appointment of the Special Nominating Committee 1994-199 ......................... 60
18. Nomination of New National and individual Members of the Union 61
19. IAU Representatives to other lCSU .................................................................... 61
& International Institutions (1994-1997)
20. Place and Date of the XXllIrd General Assembly............................................ 62
21. Election to the Union of a President. a President-elect. ......................................... 62
three Vice-Presidents. a General Secretary
and an Assistant General Secretary
viii
CHAPTER ill - CLOSING CEREMONY 65
Address by the President 1991-1994, Acad. A.A. Boyarchuk ...................................... 67
Address by the President 1994-1997, Acad. L. Woltjer ................................................ 67
Address by Mrs. Dominique Radhakrishnan .................................................................. 68
Address by the retiring General Secretary, Dr. J. Bergeron ....................................... 69
Address by the incoming General Secretary, Dr. 1. Appenzeller ................................ 70
CHAPTER IV -STATUTES, BYE-LAWS AND WORKING RULES 71
Franl;ais 73
English 87
CHAPTER V - REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1991-1994 99
CHAPTER VI - REPORT OF COMMISSIONS 119
4 Ephemerides/ Ephemerides 121
5 Documentation & Astronomical Data/ .............................................................. . 123
Documentation & Donnees astronomiques
6 Astronomical Telegrams/Telegrammes astronomiques ..................................... 129
7 Celestial Mechanics/Mecanique celeste 131
8 Positional Astronomy/Astronomie de Position .................................................. 135
9 Instruments & Techniques/Instruments & Techniques ..................................... 143
10 Solar Activity/Activite solaire ............................................................................ . 149
12 Solar Radiation & Structure/Radiation & Structure Solaires ........................ . 149
14 Atomic & Molecular Data/Donnees atomiques & moleculaires 155
19 Rotation of the Earth/Rotation de la Terre 157
20 Positions & Motions of Minor Planets, Comets & Satellites/ 163
Positions & Mouvements des petites PZanetes, des Cometes
& des Satellites
21 Light of the Night Sky/Lumie1'e du CieZ nocturne 171
22 Meteors & Interplanetary Dust/Meteo1'es & Poussie1'e interplanetaire 173
24 Photographic Astrometry/Astrometrie photographique .................................. 175
25 Stellar Photometry & Polarimetry/ .................................................................... 177
Photometrie & Pola1'"imetrie steZlaires
26 Double & Multiple Stars/Etoiles doubles & multiples 183
30 Radial Velocities/Vitesses radiales ...................................................................... 189
31 Time/ L' Heure .......................................................................................................... 193
36 Theory of Stellar Atmospheres/The01'"ie des Atmosphe1'es steZlaires 201
38 Exchange of Astronomers/ Echange d' Astmnomes ......................................... 203
41 History of Astronomy / Histoire de Z' Astronomie 207
44 Astronomy from Space/Astronomie a partir de I'Espace ................................ 211
48 High Energy Astrophysics/Astrophysique des Hautes Energies ...................... 211
ix
46 Teaching of Astronomy / Enseignement de l' Astronomie 213
49 The Interplanetary Plasma & the Heliosphere/ 219
Le plasma interplanetai1"e & I: Heliosphere
51 Bioastronomy: Search for Extraterrestrial Life/ 221
Bioastronomie: Recherche de la Vie Extraterrestre
Working Group for Planetary system nomenclature (WGPSN) .................................. 225
Groupe de travail pour la nomenclature du systeme planetaire
Working Group for the World wide development of astronomy (yVGWWDA) 233
Groupe de travail pour le developpement mondial de I: astronomie
Working Group: Encouraging the International developmemt .................................... 235
of Antarctic Astronomy
Groupe de Travail pour l' encouragement au developpement international
de l:astronomie d partir de I:Antarctique
CHAPTER VII - MEMBERSHIP 239
List of Adhering Organisations ...................................................................................... .. 241
Commission Membership .................................................................................................. . 251
Individual Membership from Adhering Countries ........................................................ . 337
Algeria .................................................................................................................... .. 339
Argentina ............................................................................................................... . 339
Armenia .................................................................................................................. . 339
Australia ................................................................................................................ . 340
Austria .................................................................................................................... . 341
Azerbadjan ............................................................................................................. . 341
Belgium ................................................................................................................... . 341
Brazil ....................................................................................................................... . 342
Bulgaria .................................................................................................................. . 342
Canada ................................................................................................................... . 343
Chile ........................................................................................................................ . 344
China Beijing .......................................................................................................... . 345
China Taiwan ....................................................................................................... .. 346
Croatia 347
Czech R 347
Denmark 347
Egypt AR 348
Estonia 348
Finland 348
France 349
Georgia 352
Germany 353
Greece 355
Hungary 356
Iceland 356
India 357
Indonesia 358
Iran ......................................................................................................................... . 358
Ireland .................................................................................................................... . 358
Israel ...................................................................................................................... .. 359
Italy ........................................................................................................................ .. 360
Japan ...................................................................................................................... . 362
Korea DPR ............................................................................................................. . 364
Korea R 364
Lithuania 364
x
Malaysia ................................................................................................................. . 364
Mexico ..................................................................................................................... . 365
Morocco .................................................................................................................. . 365
Netherlands ........................................................................................................... . 366
New Zealand .......................................................................................................... . 367
Norway ................................................................................................................... . 367
Peru ......................................................................................................................... . 367
Poland ..................................................................................................................... . 368
Portugal ................................................................................................................. . 368
Rumania ................................................................................................................. . 369
Russia ..................................................................................................................... . 370
Saudi Arabia .......................................................................................................... . 371
Slovak R ................................................................................................................. . 372
South Africa ........................................................................................................... . 372
Spain ....................................................................................................................... . 373
Sweden 374
Switwerland ........................................................................................................... . 374
Tajikistan ............................................................................................................... . 375
Turkey .................................................................................................................... . 375
UK ........................................................................................................................... . 376
Ukraine .................................................................................................................. .. 379
Uruguay .................................................................................................................. . 379
USA ......................................................................................................................... . 380
Vatican City State ...................................................................................... " .... , .. .. 391
Venezuela ........ ,. ... ,. ......... ,. .................. ,. ....... ,. ............................. , .......... , ........ ,. ..... , 391
Individual Membership from non-Adhering Countries ........................................... , .. 393
Colombia """""""""""",.""."""""."", ... ",."""""""""",.,"""""",.,""""""""."., 395
Cuba ,,"",.,.,""",.,"",.,""""""',.,""""'",.,""""""',',',.,',.,',',"',.,',',',.,"""',.,.,.".,",., 395
Honduras ,',.,"",."',.,"""""",.".,",.,"""""""."'"',','".,.,',.,"",",.,.,',,.,"",.,.,.,,.,., .. , .. 395
Iraq .,.".".,.,"""'.,.,'.""",.,.,""',.,"""""".,"""""""',.,.,.,"",',.,', .. ,.,.,,',.,',','.,.,",.".,., 395
Kazakhstan """""""",.,.""""""."""""""""","""",.,"""",.,"",.,.,.,.,".,.""',.,.,"',. 395
Latvia 395
Lebanon """,.",.".""."",.""""""""",."""""""",.,.,.,""""""""',.,.,"""',."",,.,.,'" .. 396
Mauritius 396
Nigeria 396
Pakistan 396
Paraguay 396
Singapore 396
Slovenia 396
Sri Lanka 396
State of Bahrain , .... , ...... ,. ........ ,. ......... " ......................... ,. ......... , ............................ . 396
Syria .,.,',.,.,"""",.,"'.'.,.,.,""""',.,',',.,.,.,.,.".,.,.,.".,.,',.,.,.,.,.,',.,.,.,', .. ,.,.,.,",.,.,.,.,.".". 396
Thailand """""',.,",.,""""",.,",,',.,.,.,"",.,'".,.,.,",.,., ... ,"',.,.,.,.,.,",.,.,.,.,.,., .. ,.,.".,",. 396
Alphabetical List of Members ,. ........ ,. ................................................. ' ............................. 399
PREFACE
This volume of the Transactions of the International Astronomical Union summarizes
the work of our XXIInd General Assembly which was held in The Hague, The
Netherlands, from August 15 to 27, 1994. The scientific programme of this Assembly was
organised by the Presidents of the IAU Commissions and coordinated by the General
Secretary (1991-1994) Dr. Jacqueline Bergeron. The perfect local arrangements
organised by the National Organising Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. H. van
Woerden and by the Local Organising Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Ernst
Raimond resulted in a very smooth and pleasant meeting.
The Inaugural Ceremony on August 18 took place in the presence of Her Majesty Queen
Beatrix and representatives of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, the Ministry
for Education and Sciences, the City of The Hague, and the Netherlands Committeed for
Astronomy. The addresses given during this Ceremony form Chapter I of these
proceedings.
Chapter II lists the results and decisions of the two working sessions of the General
Assembly. Chapter III records the Closing Ceremony. Chapter IV lists the Statutes, Bye
Laws, and part of the Working Rules of our Union, as amended at the XXIInd General
Assembly. The following chapters contain the reports of Executive Committee and of
the IAU Commissions as well as lists of the members of the Union and of the individual
Commissions.
The scientific programme of the XXllnd General Assembly consisted of six topical
Symposia, 20 Joint Discussions, Working Group meetings, and several Special Sessions.
The Proceedings of the six Symposia will be published in the IAU Symposium Series
(Volumes 164-169), while the proceedings of the other scientific events have been
recorded in the "Highlights of Astronomy" Vol. 10.
The production of these Transactions would not have been possible without the
cooperation of the Presidents of Commissions who provided camera-ready manuscripts
of their sections, of the members of the Resolutions Committee under the Chairmanship
of Prof. J. C. Pecker. and of the official translators J. Rountree and R. Cayrel. Finally, I
would like to express my sincere thanks to Mrs. Leger-Orine and Mrs. Saucedo-Crook for
their excellent work in the editing of this volume.
June 1995
lmmo Appenzeller
General Secretary
CHAPTER I
INAUGURAL CEREMONY 1994 AUGUST 17