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Working Group on Designations and Special Session 3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Helene Dickel  and
Marion Schmitz
Helene Dickel
Affiliation:
Univ. of Illinois, Astronomy Dept, 103 Astron. Bldg., 1002 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801
Marion Schmitz
Affiliation:
Caltech, MS 100-22, Pasadena, CA, 91125

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The WGD is a part of Commission 5 – Documentation and Astronomical Data. There is a president, vice-president, and over a dozen members world-wide.

One duty of the WG is to maintain and update a web-site which contains the IAU Recommendations for Nomenclature. These recommendations include suggestions for creating new names for objects and examples of improper nomenclature.

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Type
II. Special Scientific Sessions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 989 - 991
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005