Accession Number:

ADA495362

Title:

Fundamental Astronomy (Astronomie Fondamentale)

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OBSERVATORY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Vondrak, Jan

Report Date:

2009-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

Division I provides a focus for astronomers studying a wide range of problems related to fundamental physical phenomena such as time, the inertial reference frame, positions and proper motions of celestial objects and precise dynamical computation of the motions of bodies in stellar or planetary systems in the Universe.

Descriptors:

• *ASTRONOMY
• PLANETARY SATELLITES
• ASTRONOMICAL BODIES
• CELESTIAL MECHANICS
• EPHEMERIDES

Subject Categories:

• Astronomy
• Astrophysics
• Celestial Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE