The International Astronomical Union would like to extend a warm welcome to its 1235 new Individual and Junior members, who were formally accepted into the Union on 31 August 2018 at the Closing Ceremony of the XXX General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. Their admittance brings the total number of IAU members to 13 606.

The new members are listed on this web page.

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The IAU is the international astronomical organisation that brings together more than 13 500 professional astronomers from more than 100 countries worldwide. Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation. The IAU also serves as the internationally recognised authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and the surface features on them. Founded in 1919, the IAU is the world's largest professional body for astronomers.

Links

• IAU General Assembly 2018
• List of new members in 2018

Contacts

Madeleine Smith-Spanier
IAU Database Manager
Paris, France
Tel: +33 1 43 25 83 58
Email: smith@iap.fr

Lars Lindberg Christensen
IAU Press Officer
Garching bei München, Germany
Tel: +49 89 320 06 761
Cell: +49 173 38 72 621
Email: lars@eso.org