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Retrospect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Gordon A.H. Walker*
Affiliation:
Physics & Astronomy Dept., UBC, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4

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What an excellent colloquium! The measurement of precise radial velocities is now firmly established in the arsenal of observational astronomy and complements the spectacular improvements in astrometric precision from space and interferometry from the ground. Announcements of candidate planets have generated a huge amount of scientific and public interest and provided NASA with copious free publicity for its Origins program. The mapping of stellar surfaces and the probing of their interior structure from nonradial pulsations must be among the most exquisite measurements in science. We have celebrated all of these achievements here. It is quite ironic and a sad reflection on priorities that so many of the most exciting contributions were from authors without permanent positions.

Type
Part 11. Conclusions
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999

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