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Nominal values for selected solar and planetary quantities: IAU 2015 Resolution B3
Andrej Prsa, Petr Harmanec, Guillermo Torres +19
In this brief communication we provide the rationale for, and the outcome of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) resolution vote at the XXIX-th General Assembly in Honolulu,…
Report of the IAU Commission 4 Working Group on Standardizing Access to Ephemerides and File Format Specification
James L. Hilton, Charles Acton, Jean-Eudes Arlot +9
The IAU Commission 4 Working Group on Standardizing Access to Ephemerides recommends the use of the Spacecraft and Planet Kernel (SPK) format as a standard format for the position…
On the definition and use of the ecliptic in modern astronomy
Nicole Capitaine, Michael Soffel
We review the problems related to the definition and use of the ecliptic in modern astronomy and we discuss whether the concept of an ecliptic is still needed for some specific use…
Units of relativistic time scales and associated quantities
S. Klioner, N. Capitaine, W. Folkner +6
This note suggests nomenclature for dealing with the units of various astronomical quantities that are used with the relativistic time scales TT, TDB, TCB and TCG. It is suggested…
The astronomical units
N. Capitaine, B. Guinot
The IAU-1976 System of astronomical constants includes three astronomical units (i.e. for time, mass and length). This paper reports on the status of the astronomical unit of lengt…
Temporal variations of the gravity field and Earth precession-nutation
G. Bourda, N. Capitaine
Due to the accuracy now reached by space geodetic techniques, and also considering some modelisations, the temporal variations of some Earth Gravity Field coefficients can be deter…