Proceedings of the Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union (127th). Reference Systems Held in Virginia Beach, Virginia on October 14-20, 1990
Abstract
Both invited oral and poster papers were presented on topics ranging from theoretical relativistic considerations to new observational programs and results. Partial contents: Report of the Subgroup on Time; Preliminary report of the work of the Subgroup on Coordinate Frames and Origins; Activity report of the IAU Working Group on Reference System: Subgroup on Astronomical Constants; Relativistic hierarchy of reference systems and time scales; Relativistic celestial mechanics and reference frames; Current status of the astrometric capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope fine guidance sensors; Necessary procedures to reach an agreeable reference frame: Counterproposal to the Circular Letter no. 4 of Kovalevsky; Stability of the extragalactic reference frame realized by VLBI; The ZMOA-1990 nutation series; and Long-period perturbations in terrestrial reference frames.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 06, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA240207
Entities
People
- Clayton A. Smith
- G. H. Kaplan
- James A. Hughes
Organizations
- United States Naval Observatory