SpaceRef - Organizations - International

SpaceRef - Organizations - International - IAU

IAU Commission 15 - Physical Studies of Comets, Minor Planets and Meteorites - This IAU commissions concerned with physical studies of comets, minor planets and meteorites. [IAU Division III Planetary Systems Sciences].

IAU Commission 20 - Positions and motions of minor planets, comets and satellites - This IAU commission is concerned with research and activities in monitoring of the positions of minor planets, comets, and satellites. [IAU Division III Planetary Systems Sciences].

IAU Commission 21 - Light of the Night Sky - The purpose of Commission 21 is to facilitate research in ultraviolet, optical, and infrared bands of the spectrum. [IAU Division III Planetary Systems Sciences].

IAU Commission 22 - Meteors and Interplanetary Dust - Commission 22 is concerned with all aspects of meteors and with interplanetary dust. [IAU Division III Planetary Systems Sciences].

IAU Commission 51 - Bioastronomy - Search for Extraterrestrial Life - The objectives of the commission include the search for planets around other stars, radio transmissions, intentional or unintentional, of extraterrestrial origin, biologically relevant interstellar molecules and the study of their formation processes, and the detection methods for potential spectroscopic evidence of biological activity, the coordination of efforts in all these areas at the international level. [IAU Division III Planetary Systems Sciences].