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libros
Título:
Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias)
Autor/es:
C. ALLEN, E.F. ARIAS AND R.B. ORELLANA
Editorial:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Astronomía
Referencias:
Lugar: México; Año: 2014 p. 85
ISSN:
9-703-22804-6
Resumen:
© 2014: Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM - Astronomía Dinámica en Latino América (ADeLA-2012)
Ed. C. Allen, F. Arias, & R. Orellana
PREFACE
The Fifth Meeting of Dynamical Astronomy in Latin America (ADeLA-2012) t
ook place in La Plata,
Argentina (19-23 March 2012) hosted by the Facultad de Ciencias Astronóm
icas y Geof ísicas of Universidad
Nacional de La Plata.
The scientific organizing committee included Carlos Abad (Venezuela), Christine Allen
(Mexico), William
van Altena (USA), Felicitas Arias (France), René Méndez (Chile), José Luis
Muiños (Spain), Rosa Orellana
(Argentina), and Ramachrisna Teixeira (Brazil). The local organizing comm
ittee, chaired by Rosa Orellana,
included Iván Bustos, Jesús H. Calderón, Daniel Carpintero, and Ma. Silvina D
e Biasi.
Nearly 60 astronomers from most Latin American nations contributed to AD
eLA-2012 with invited talks
and presentations in the fields of astrometry, celestial mechanics, galactic and s
tellar dynamics, stellar systems,
artificial satellites, space debris and time scales. Also this time ADeLA welco
med a number of students, and
offered them the opportunity to approach the state-of-the art in dynamical astrono
my over the continent.
In view of the recent developments in time keeping a session was devoted to time scal
es. Special interest on
the revision of the definition of Coordinated Universal Time that is under considerat
ion at the International
Telecommunication Union, motivated the organization of a panel discussion on the
future of the international
time scale, with the participation of specialists from organizations and
institutes developing activities related
to time keeping.
In connection with the meeting a public lecture on the origin of the Universe was giv
en by Jesús M. Calderón.
We are grateful to the "ADeListas" for their contribution to the success of AD
eLA-2012. Our sincere thanks
to the members of the local organizing committee for ensuring a smooth run of the
meeting. Our gratitude is
also due to the sponsoring institutions (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, C
onsejo Nacional de Investigaciones
Científicas y Técnicas, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
, Municipalidad de La Plata,
Grupo Asegurador Rivadavia and Show Office), whose support made possible the reali
zation of the conference,
and to the Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxi
co, Mexico for support for the
publication of these proceedings.
Christine Allen, Felicitas Arias, and Rosa Orellana
Editors of the Proceedings