Division A Fundamental Astronomy

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Division Days and Focus Meetings at IAU-GA 2024 coordinated by Division A
https://astronomy2024.org/division-a-fundamental-astronomy/
https://sbss2024.saao.ac.za
http://sarao.ac.za/iau_fm11/
Resolutions from CA3 on Lunar Celestial Reference System and Lunar Coordinate Time, to be proposed at IAU-GA 2024
https://astronomy2024.org/resolutions-to-be-voted-on-at-the-upcoming-xxxii-general-assembly/
IAUs 401 Advancing Reference Systems, Ephemeris, and Standards, La Plata, Argentina 4-9 August 2025
https://iau.org/science/meetings/future/symposia/2793/

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IAUs 382 Complex Planetary Systems II KAvli-IAU symposium, Namur, Belgium July 3-7, 2023 https://cpsii.unamur.be/
September 26, 2022, 23:14:24.183 UTC : successful DART impact https://dart.jhuapl.edu/
The AAS 2023 Berkeley Prize has been awarded to the Gaia Collaboration (Nov. 2022)
2022 5 & 8 August Division Days
2022 June 13th Gaia DR3 released
Lennart Lindegren and Michael Perryman receive the 2022 Shaw Prize in Astronomy (May 2022)
2021 Lennart Lindegren (Lund observatory, Sweden) Dirk Brouwer prize AAS/DDA - The Dirk Brouwer Career Award recognizes annually a major contributor to the field of Dynamical Astronomy, who demonstrates excellence in scientific research. The prize has been awarded to Lennart Lindegren Professor Emeritus of Lund University.
2020 A. Cazeneuve : Vetlesen prize Awarded for “scientific achievement resulting in a clearer understanding of the Earth, its history, or its relation to the universe”.
Gaia EDR3 released 2020 December 3rd
IAUs symposium #364 has been postponed to 2021, tentative dates are: October 18-22, 2021
Two Focus Meetings coordinated by Division A will be held during next General Assembly in 2022:
- Astrometry for 21st Century Astronomy
- Synergy of Small Telescopes and Large Surveys for Solar System and Exoplanetary Bodies Research
2019 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Michel Mayor (with James Peebles and Didier Queloz).