Division III Planetary Systems Sciences

Division III gathers astronomers engaged in the study of a comprehensive range of phenomena in the solar system and its bodies, from the major planets via comets to meteorites and interplanetary dust.

President

Mikhail Ya Marov
Keldysh Inst Applied Maths
Acad Sciences
Miusskaja Sq 4
125047 Moscow
Russia
Tel +7-095 250 0485
Fax +7-095 972 0737
Email: marov@spp.keldysh.ru

Division web page

Participating Commissions

• Commission 15: Physical Study of Comets and Minor Planets
• Commission 16: Physical Study of Planets and Satellites
• Commission 20: Position and Motions of Minor Planets, Comets and Satellites
• Commission 21: Light of the Night Sky
• Commission 22: Meteors, Meteorites and Interplanetary Dust
• Commission 51: Bioastronomy: Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Division Working Groups

• Joint Division I / Division III Working Group on Near-Earth Objects (WGNEO)
• Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature
• Committee on Small Body Nomenclature
• Working Group on Extra Solar Planets