IAU 2006 resolutions

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astronomical resolution set scientific standard

The IAU 2006 resolutions are a set of decisions by the International Astronomical Union that standardized key astronomical definitions and time scales, including refinements to Terrestrial Time.

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Surface form Occurrences
International Astronomical Union definition of planet 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical resolution set ⓘ
scientific standard ⓘ
adoptedAt IAU General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedBy International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedInCity Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedInCountry Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedInYear 2006 ⓘ
appliesTo astrometry ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ
solar system dynamics ⓘ
timekeeping in astronomy ⓘ
concerns Terrestrial Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
astronomical definitions ⓘ
barycentric time scales ⓘ
reference systems ⓘ
relativistic reference frames ⓘ
time scales ⓘ
defines conventional value for the Earth mass parameter GM⊕ ⓘ
conventional value for the TT–TDB transformation parameters ⓘ
conventional value for the astronomical unit in meters ⓘ
conventional value for the geoid potential W0 ⓘ
conventional value for the solar mass parameter GMSun ⓘ
documentType official IAU resolutions ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
space geodesy ⓘ
time metrology ⓘ
hasPublisher International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesResolution IAU 2006 Resolution B1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
IAU 2006 Resolution B2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
IAU 2006 Resolution B3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
IAU 2006 Resolution B4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
IAU 2006 Resolution B5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
IAU 2006 Resolution B6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
IAU 2006 Resolution B7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
IAU 2006 Resolution B8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
motivatedBy need for consistent relativistic reference frames ⓘ
need for precise time scale definitions ⓘ
refines Terrestrial Time scale NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo IAU 1991 resolutions on reference systems NERFINISHED ⓘ
IAU 2000 resolutions NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizes definition of Barycentric Coordinate Time ⓘ
definition of Geocentric Coordinate Time ⓘ
definition of Terrestrial Time ⓘ
relativistic time transformations ⓘ
updates IAU 2000 resolutions on reference systems ⓘ
usesTheory general relativity ⓘ

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Terrestrial Time → refinedIn → IAU 2006 resolutions ⓘ
TT → standardizedIn → IAU 2006 resolutions ⓘ
subject surface form: Terrestrial Time
Michael E. Brown → influenced → IAU 2006 resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Astronomical Union definition of planet