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IERS Message No. 50                                       November 21, 2003
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IAU Working Group on Nomenclature for Fundamental Astronomy

At the IAU XXV General Assembly that met in Sydney in 2003, it was
decided that IAU Division 1 would form a new working group to be called
Nomenclature for Fundamental Astronomy. The purpose of the working group
is to provide proposals for new nomenclature associated with the
implementation of the IAU 2000 Resolutions and to make educational
efforts to the scientific community regarding the resolutions.

The Working Group webpage is now available at
http://syrte.obspm.fr/iauWGnfa/. It currently contains the newsletters
of the working group and other documents related to its work.

Dennis D. McCarthy
U. S. Naval Observatory


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