[AAA] IAU e-Newsletter - Volume 2019 n°10

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September 2019
24 September 2019 — Latest Press Release
<https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1910/>
Naming of New Interstellar Visitor: 2I/Borisov— Second interstellar object
has been spotted and named just two years after the first
<https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1910/>

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<https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1910/?lang> Naming of New
Interstellar Visitor: 2I/Borisov — Second interstellar object has been
spotted and named just two years after the first
<https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1910/?lang>

*24 September 2019:* A new object from interstellar space has been found
within the Solar System, only the second such discovery of its kind.
Astronomers are turning their telescopes towards the visitor, which ...

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<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/feed/>  IAU Public Announcements
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/?lang>
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19056/?lang> Astronomers
as Diplomats — an IAU en 100 Conference in Paris
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19056/?lang>

*6 September 2019:* In the context of the IAU centenary celebrations, a
conference will be held in Paris on 4 October 2019, on the theme
Astronomers as Diplomats: When the IAU builds bridges ...
Read more <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19056/?lang>
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19055/?lang> Lodewijk
Woltjer (26 April 1930 – 25 August 2019)
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19055/?lang>

*28 August 2019:* It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of
Lodewijk (“Lo”) Woltjer, President of the IAU 1994–1997, one of the most
prominent and influential astronomers of his ...
Read more <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19055/?lang>
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19054/?lang> Public
Contest Successfully Finds Names For Jupiter’s New Moons
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19054/?lang>

*26 August 2019:* Five Jovian satellites have now been given their official
names, just over a year after the announcement of their discovery. The
naming process involved a public contest
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19010/>, and the five ...
Read more <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19054/?lang>
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19053/?lang> Asteroid
Bennu’s Features to be named after Mythical Birds
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19053/?lang>

*8 August 2019:* Working with NASA <https://www.nasa.gov/>’s OSIRIS-REx
<https://www.asteroidmission.org/> team, the International Astronomical
Union <https://www.iau.org/>’s (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System
Nomenclature (WGPSN)
<https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/98/> approved
the theme “birds and bird-like creatures in mythology” for naming ...
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<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19052/?lang> International
Astronomical Union Approves Second Set of Pluto Feature Names
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19052/?lang>

*8 August 2019:* Several people and missions who paved the way for the
historic exploration of Pluto <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto>and
the Kuiper
Belt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt> — the farthest worlds ever
explored — are honoured in the second set of ...
Read more <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19052/?lang>
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19051/?lang> New
Assistant General Secretary of the IAU appointed
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19051/?lang>

*31 July 2019:* The IAU would like to extend a warm welcome to José Miguel
Rodríguez Espinosa, who has been appointed as the new Assistant General
Secretary of the IAU, and will take ...
Read more <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19051/?lang>
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19050/?lang> IAU
Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19050/?lang>

*30 July 2019:* A ceremony was held yesterday 29 July 2019 at the UNESCO
Headquarters in Paris to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the International
Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) <http://www.iugg.org/>. The IAU ...
Read more <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19050/?lang>
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19049/?lang> Two
Astronomical Sites Achieve World Heritage Status Through IAU–UNESCO
Collaboration <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19049/?lang>

*29 July 2019:* On 7 July 2019, the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) <https://en.unesco.org/> declared 29
more properties World Heritage sites <https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/>.
Among the new additions are Risco Caído and the Sacred ...
<https://riscocaido.grancanaria.com/en>
Read more <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19049/?lang>
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19048/?lang> Open Letter
from the Maunakea Observatories
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19048/?lang>

*25 July 2019:* Maunakea, 20 July 2019 Aloha to our scientific colleagues
around the world, On behalf of the more than 500 people employed by the
Maunakea Observatories, we offer a perspective about ...
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<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19047/?lang> Astronomy
Outreach Newsletter 2019 #13 IAU100 #8 (July #1)
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19047/?lang>

*17 July 2019:* The Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2019 #13 (IAU100 #8) is
now online. It is produced by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach and
brings to the general public the latest information ...
Read more <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19047/?lang>
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<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/feed/>  IAU Science Announcements
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<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19057/?lang> Applications
open for Gruber Fellowship 2020
<https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19057/?lang>

*13 September 2019:* Eligible candidates are invited to apply for the Gruber
Fellowship
<https://www.iau.org/science/grants_prizes/gruber_foundation/fellowships/>
2020, a programme created by The Gruber Foundation
<https://gruber.yale.edu/> (TGF) with the aim of supporting young
astronomers at the beginning of ...
Read more <https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19057/?lang>
Highlights

IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach [image: Office for Astronomy Outreach]
<https://www.iau.org/public/>
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Scientific Dates & Deadlines <https://www.iau.org/science/events/>

*7 - 11 Oct 2019*
IAUS 356: Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time
<http://iau356.essti.gov.et/>

*21 - 25 Oct 2019*
IAUS 357: White Dwarfs as probes of fundamental physics and tracers of
planetary, stellar & galactic evolution <http://www.gemini.edu/iau357/>

*3 - 8 Nov 2019*
LARIM 2019: XVI Latin American Regional IAU Meeting
<http://www.sochias.cl/larim2019>

*12 - 15 Nov 2019*
IAUS 358: Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion — a roadmap to
action within the framework of the IAU 100th Anniversary
<https://iau-oao.nao.ac.jp/iaus358/>

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Administrative Dates & Deadlines
<https://www.iau.org/administration/events/>

*30 Sep 2019*
Evaluation of OAE Host Proposals Completed

*1 Oct 2019*
IAU Individual and Junior Membership Application Process Opens
<https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/qualification/>

*13 Oct 2019*
Annual fee invoice: Annual National Membership Fee Invoice - 2nd reminder

*15 Dec 2019*
DEADLINE for Nominations for the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize

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