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Existing Data Centers and their Future Role

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

W. A. Baum
W. A. Baum*
Affiliation:
Planetary Research Center, Lowell Observatory Flagstaff, Arizona 86001, U.S.A.

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Two IAU data centers, one at the Lowell Observatory and the other at Meudon, were organized in the early 1960s for the purpose of establishing a collection of planetary data and images accessible to all qualified scientists. These centers trace their origin to an IAU resolution sponsored by Commission 16 in 1961. Ours at the Lowell Observatory, known as the Planetary Research Center, was also recommended by the U. S. Lunar and Planetary Missions Board and by the U. S. Space Sciences Board Panel on Earth-Based Planetary Astronomy. Since its inception, our Center has been supported by a grant from NASA Headquarters.

Type
Part V. Existing Facilities and Future Role of Data Centres
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 35: Compilation, Critical Evaluation and Distribution of Stellar Data , 1977 , pp. 281 - 283
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1977

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