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1 IAU 3 IAU okamura@astron.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp IAU IAU ( ) 2012 IAU IAU 1. I A U IAU 1919 ICSU 1 30 IAU IAU , IAU 3 IAU 1 ICSU (International Council for Science) 1931 ICSU IAU ICSU 1922 ICSU

2 IAU 1 IAU 2 IAU IAU IAU IAU IAU IAU IAU ,

3 IAU IAU IAU (General Assembly) (Executive Committee) (O$cers) 3 3 IAU 3 IAU Transactions A B 2 IAU Information Bulletin IAU IAU (President) (President-Elect), 6 (Vice-Presidents), (General Secretary) (Assistant General Secretary) IAU (IAU) IAU 2, IAU Transactions B 3. IAU 12 (Divisions) 40 (Commissions) 71 (Working Groups) 46 (Program Groups) IAU / / (President) / (Vice-President)

4 IAU 1 (Divisions) C Division I Division II Division III Division IV Division V Division VI Division VII Division VIII Division IX Division X Division XI Division XII (Fundamental Astronomy) (779; C4, C7, C8, C19, C31, C52) (Sun & Heliosphere) (931; C10, C12, C49) (Planetary Systems Sciences) (1155; C16, C16, C20, C22, C51, C53) (Stars) (1277; C26, C29, C35, C36, C45) (Variable Stars) (879: C27, C42) (Interstellar Matter) (1001; C34) (Galactic System) (709; C33, C37) (Galaxies & the Universe) (1766; C28, C47) (Optical & Infrared Techniques) (465; C21, C25, C30, C54) (Radio Astronomy) (1047; C40) (Space & High Energy Astrophysics) (1021: C44) IAU (Union-Wide Activities) (1033; C5, C6, C14, C41, C46, C50, C55) (Organizing Committee) IAU 4. IAU IAU 9 IAU 12 9 IAU Symposium Proceedings IAU IAU IAU IAU 25 (JD) (SpS)

5 IAU 2 (Commissions) C Commission C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C10 C12 C14 C15 C16 C19 C20 C21 C22 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C40 C41 C42 C44 C45 C46 C47 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 (Ephemerides) (I) (Documentation & Astronomical Data) (XII) (Astronomical Telegrams) (XII) (Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy) (I) (Astrometry) (I) (Solar Activity) (II) (Solar Radiation & Structure) (II) (Atomic & Molecular Data) (XII) (Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets) (III) (Physical Study of Planets & Satellites) (III) (Rotation of the Earth) (I) (Positions & Motions of Minor Planets, Comets & Satellites) (III) (Galactic and Extragalactic Background Radiation) (IX) (Meteors, Meteorites & Interplanetary Dust) (III) (Stellar Photometry & Polarimetry) (IX) (Double & Multiple Stars) (IV) (Variable Stars) (V) (Galaxies) (VIII) (Stellar Spectra) (IV) (Radial Velocities) (IX) (Time) (I) (Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System) (VII) (Interstellar Matter) (VI) (Stellar Constitution) (IV) (Theory of Stellar Atmospheres) (IV) (Star Clusters & Associations) (VII) (Radio Astronomy) (X) (History of Astronomy) (XII) (Close Binary Stars) (V) (Space & High Energy Astrophysics) (XI) (Stellar Classification) (IV) (Astronomy Education & Development) (XII) (Cosmology) (VIII) (Interplanetary Plasma & Heliosphere) (II) (Protection of Existing & Potential Observatory Sites) (XII) (Bio-Astronomy) (III) (Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy) (I) (Extrasolar Planets) (III) (Optical & Infrared Interferometry) (IX) (Communicating Astronomy with the Public) (XII) 12 Highlights of Astronomy

6 IAU IAU IAU Joint European and National Astronomy Meetings (JENAM) IAU IAU (IAU O$ce for Astronomy Development) IAU IAU 2008 (plutoid) IAU 5. IAU IAU IAU IAU Information Bulletin No. 104 (June 2009) IAU IAU 1960 IAU Transactions IAU IAU IAU I V IAU 1 IAU 2 IAU

7 IAU IAU 6 IAU 6 IAU IAU IAU IAU IAU IAU 2012 IAU IAU 1: IAU 1992 ( ) ( ) ( ; 00 03) ( ; 64 67) ( ; 25 28) ( ) ; ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (VIII, ) (I, ) (XI, ) (C5, ) (C20, ) (C22, ) (C4, ) (C44, ) (C28, ) (C31, ) (C50, ) (C4, )

8 IAU (C40, ) (C42, ) (C8, ) (C47, ) (C20, ) (C35, ) (C36, ) (C44, ) (C29, ) (C44, ) (C4, ) (C7, ) (C12, ) (C21, ) (C31, ) (C19, ) (C29, ) (C21, ) (C7, ) 2 IAU IAUS 208 Astrophysical Supercomputing Using Particle Simulations Tokyo, Japan, July 10 13, 2001, Eds. J. Makino & P. Hut IAUS 187 Cosmic Chemical Evolution Kyoto, Japan, August 26 30, 1997, Eds. J. W. Truran & K. Nomoto IAUS 186 Galaxy Interactions at High and Low Redshift Kyoto, Japan, August 26 30, 1997, Eds. J. Barnes &D.B.Sanders IAUS 183 Cosmological Parameters and the Evolution of the Universe Kyoto, Japan, August 18 22, 1997, Ed. K. Sato IAUS 188 The Hot Universe Kyoto, Japan, August 26 30, 1997, Eds. K. Koyama, S. Kitamoto & M. Itoh IAUS 185 New Eyes to See Inside the Sun and the Stars: Pushing the Limits of Helio and Astero- Seismology Kyoto, Japan, August 18 22, 1997, Eds. D. W. Kurtz, J.Christensen-Dalsgaard & D. Kurtz IAUS 184 The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies Kyoto, Japan, August 18 22, 1997, Ed. Y. Sofue IAUS 174 Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters Confrontation of Theory and Observations Tokyo, Japan, August 22 25, 1995, Eds. P. Hut & J. Makino IAUS 115 Star Forming Regions Tokyo, Japan, November 11 15, 1985, Eds. M. Peimbert & J. Jugaku IAUS 093 Fundamental Problems in the Theory of Stellar Evolution Kyoto, Japan, July 22 25, 1980, Eds. D. Sugimoto, D. Q. Lamb & D. N. Schramm IAUS 081 Dynamics of the Solar System Tokyo, Japan, May 23 26, 1978, Ed. R. L. Duncombe IAUS 048 Rotation of the Earth Morioka, Japan, May 9 15, 1971, Eds. P. Melchior & S. Yumi

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