Correspondence and papers from a folder labelled, 'IAU'. Material relates to International Astronomical Union (IAU), with information on various IAU Commissions, particularly Commission 16. Physical Study of Planets and Satellites.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). The IAU was founded in 1919 at the Constitutive Assembly of the International Research Council (now International Council for Science) held in Brussels, Belgium. Now based in Paris, France, IAU's main objective is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation. Activities in the various astronomical sub-disciplines are mostly conducted by Commissions, coordinated through the IAU Scientific Divisions, steering the activities and evolution of one or more IAU Commissions.
Correspondence includes: IAU symposiums, including: XVth IAU, 7-12 September 1964, Warsaw, Poland; The Royal Society; International Colloquium of Liege 1962, Physical Studies of the Planets, Introductory Report by Audoin Dollfus;
Other material includes: notes regarding IAU Commissions - Commission 3. Notations, Commission 16. Physical Study of Planets and Satellites, Commission 17. The Moon, Commission 27. Variable Stars, Commission 30. Radial Velocities, and Commission 42. Astronomical Observations from Outside the Terrestrial Atmosphere; Biographic Data for New Lunar Names; bibliography and Program Notes on Eclipsing Binaries (1965); British Astronomical Association Circular (1963); IAU Bulletins, including No. 6. 'Eclipse of 31 Cygni'; and list of outstanding Commissions 3-42, after the Dublin meeting.