IAU COMMISSION 53: EXTRASOLAR PLANETS
OVERVIEW
In 2006, Commission 53 on Extrasolar Planets was created from the Working
Group on Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) at the IAU General Assembly in Prague,
and approved for the next six years, the default extension for an
IAU Commission. The WGESP was dissolved as a result. For information
about the WGESP, please click on the image below:
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C53 Business Meeting at the Beijing GA
C53 held its second Business Meeting during the IAU General
Assembly in Beijing on Tuesday evening, August 28, 2012
in the NAOC building, close to the CNCC complex where the
IAU General was held. Over two dozen current and prospective
C53 members attended the meeting. The report about the
Business Meeting can be downloaded by clicking on
the image below:
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C53 Triennial Report for 2009-2012
The C53 Triennial Report can be obtained by clicking on the image below:
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C53 Business Meeting at the Rio GA
C53 held its first Business Meeting during the IAU General
Assembly in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting was held in Room 5
of the Convention Center SulAmerica from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
on Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Several dozen current and
prospective members of C53 attended and participated in
the meeting. The report of the Business Meeting can
be obtained by clicking on the image below:
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Commission 53: Extrasolar Planets (2009-2012)
President: Alan Boss (United States)
Vice President: Alain Lecavelier des Etangs (France)
Past President: Michel Mayor (Switzerland)
MEMBERS OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (2009-2012)
| Name |
| Peter Bodenheimer (United States)
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| Andrew Collier Cameron (United Kingdom)
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| Eiichiro Kokubo (Japan)
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| Rosemary Mardling (Australia)
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| Dante Minniti (Chile)
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| Didier Queloz (Switzerland)
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Commission 53: Extrasolar Planets (2006-2009)
Founding President: Michel Mayor (Switzerland)
Vice President: Alan Boss (United States)
MEMBERS OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (2006-2009)
| Name |
| Paul Butler (United States)
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| William Hubbard (United States)
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| Philip Ianna (United States)
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| Martin Kurster (Germany)
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| Jack Lissauer (United States)
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| Karen Meech (United States)
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| Francois Mignard (France)
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| Alan Penny (United Kingdom)
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| Andreas Quirrenbach (Germany)
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| Jill Tarter (United States)
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| Alfred Vidal-Madjar (France)
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HOW TO JOIN COMMISSION 53 AND THE IAU
Any IAU member who is interested in becoming a member of Commission 53
should write or e-mail the President of the Commission with a brief note
regarding his/her interest in the work of the Commission.
The applicant will be provisionally accepted for membership and will
thereafter be sent all communications. The application will be forwarded
to the Organizing Committee and formal approval of the application will be
made at the Commission business meeting at the following IAU General
Assembly.
Applications for membership in the IAU are invited about a year before
each General Assembly (the next General Assembly is in 2012), through the
national Adhering Organizations. In the US, application forms are provided
in the AAS Newsletter. Normally, minimum requirements are a Ph.D. plus 2-3
years experience in astronomical research resulting in a few publications
in refereed journals, but it is up to the US National Committee to
prioritize the applications they receive before making their proposals for
membership to the IAU.
The IAU Secretariat's mailing (and e-mail) address is:
IAU
Institut d'Astrophysique
98bis, bd. Arago
F-75014 Paris (France)
Tel: (33) 143258358
Fax: (33) 143252616
E-mail: iau@iap.fr.
IAU homepage: http://www.iau.org
Last updated: 2 September 2012
