1. DIVISION I / WORKING GROUP ASTROMETRY BY SMALL GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES
- Author
-
Norbert Zacharias, Jean-Eudes Arlot, Rustem Gumerov, Zhenghong Tang, N. Bazey, William F. van Altena, T. J. Rafferty, Vladimir Rylkov, Jean Souchay, M. Stavinschi, George A. Gontcharov, P. G. Niarchos, Roberto Vieira Martins, Jane L. Russell, Y. Prostyuk, Jose Pereira Osório, A. R. Upgren, T. Pauwels, William Thuillot, A. H. Andrei, M. Luisa Sanchez, A. Pugliano, A. Shulga, Jose L. Muinos Haro, Gennadiy Pinigin, Ramachrisna Teixeira, Marcelo Assafin, Dan Pascu, and Jin Wenjing
- Subjects
Physics ,Space and Planetary Science ,Group (mathematics) ,Asteroid ,Binary number ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Natural satellite ,Astrophysics ,Astrometry ,Division (mathematics) - Abstract
At the IAU XXVI General Assembly in 2006, the Division I decided to create the Working Group on Astrometry by Small Ground-Based Telescopes (WG-ASGBT). Its scientic goals are to foster the follow-up of small bodies detected by the large surveys including the NEOs; to set-up a dedicated observation network for the follow-up of objects which will be detected by Gaia; to contribute to the observation campaigns of the mutual events of natural satellites, stellar occultations, and binary asteroids; and to encourage teaching astrometry for the next generation. The present report gives the main activities carried out in these areas with small telescopes (diameter less than 2m).
- Published
- 2008
- Full Text
- View/download PDF