*************************************************************************** IERS Message No. 36 December 9, 2002 *************************************************************************** Final Draft of the IERS Conventions 2000 The IERS Convention Center announces that the final electronic draft of the IERS Conventions 2000 is now available at http://maia.usno.navy.mil/conv2000.html. Of particular interest is the availability of Chapter 5, "Transformation between the Celestial and Terrestrial Systems." Numerical values contained in this chapter have been slightly revised from earlier provisional values to ensure continuity of the IERS products. Software consistent with the procedures outlined in Chapter 5 is also provided at this site in order to implement the recommendations of the IAU 24th General Assembly. Some minor additions are still expected from contributors. Comments and suggestions regarding the draft are invited through 31 December 2002. At that time the IERS Convention Center expects to "freeze" this version of the Conventions and to publish the work in printed form. The Convention Center will provide updates and additional information regarding the IERS Conventions on a continuous basis on the web site given above. These will be announced by future IERS Messages. Please send suggestions for the changes in the final draft to Dennis McCarthy at dmc@maia.usno.navy.mil with Cc to Gerard Petit at gpetit@bipm.org. Dennis D. McCarthy and Gerard Petit, IERS Convention Center *************************************************************************** IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please write to . Archives: http://www.iers.org/iers/publications/messages/ ***************************************************************************