{"id":285030,"date":"2024-02-29T17:29:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T11:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=285030"},"modified":"2024-02-29T17:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T11:59:59","slug":"international-astronomical-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-astronomical-union\/","title":{"rendered":"International Astronomical Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Source<\/strong>-This post on <strong>International Astronomical Union<\/strong> is based on the article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/planets\/3-new-moons-discovered-around-uranus-and-neptune-will-be-named-after-shakespeare-characters-and-greek-goddesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>3 new moons discovered around Uranus and Neptune will be named after Shakespeare characters and Greek goddesses<\/strong><\/a>\u201d published in <strong>\u201cLiveScience\u201d<\/strong> on <strong>27th February 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has confirmed the discovery of three unnamed moons. Among three, one was around Uranus and two were around Neptune.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">About the International Astronomical Union (IAU)<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1)<strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> About:<\/span> <\/strong>IAU is a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">global organization of professional astronomers,<\/span> at the PhD level and beyond who are active in professional education and research in astronomy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2) <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Origin:<\/strong> <\/span>It was <span style=\"color: #333333;\">founded <\/span>in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1919.<\/span> Its <span style=\"color: #333333;\">headquarter<\/span> is in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Paris, France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3)<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong> Objective:<\/strong> <\/span>Its o<span style=\"color: #333333;\">bjective <\/span>is to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects<\/span>, including research, communication, education and development, through international cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>4) <strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Members:<\/span><\/strong> The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> 92 member countries,<\/span> with 85 being National Members. It also <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">collaborates with scientific organizations<\/span> globally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4)<strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Mandate: <\/span><\/strong>It is the<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0internationally recognized authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies\u00a0<\/span>(stars, planets, asteroids, etc.) and any surface features on them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on International Astronomical Union is based on the article \u201c3 new moons discovered around Uranus and Neptune will be named after Shakespeare characters and Greek goddesses\u201d published in \u201cLiveScience\u201d on 27th February 2024. Why in the News? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has confirmed the discovery of three unnamed moons. Among three, one&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-astronomical-union\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Astronomical Union<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-285030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}