Commission 53: Extra-Solar Planets
Abstract
Commission 53 met in August 12, 2009. Outgoing President Michel Mayor chaired the meeting, and there were several dozen members present, including incoming President Alan Boss, incoming Vice President Alain Lecavelier des Etangs. Commission 53 (C53) was founded at the 2006 Prague General Assembly of the IAU. After a period of 6 years, C53 will come up for renewal at the 2012 IAU General Assembly in Beijing, China. For the moment, more than 150 IAU members have asked to be members of C53 and few dozen non-IAU members having asked to be informed of the commission activity.
- Publication:
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Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, Series B
- Pub Date:
- May 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921310004990
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUTB..27..182B