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Report of the BIPM/IAU Joint Committee on Relativity for Space-Time Reference Systems and Metrology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G. Petit*
Affiliation:
, BIPM/IAU Joint Committee on relativity, Bureau International des Poids et Mesures92312 Sèvres Cedex, France

Abstract

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The BIPM/IAU Joint Committee on relativity for space-time reference systems and metrology (JCR) has worked in collaboration with the IAU Working Group on relativity for celestial mechanics and astrometry (RCMA) on the problems of astronomical relativistic space-time reference frames and the RCMA has proposed to the IAU a consistent framework for defining the barycentric and geocentric celestial reference systems at the first post-Newtonian level. Because new clock technology and space missions will necessitate the application of this framework for time and frequency measurements in the solar system, practical resolutions are proposed by the JCR to the IAU to allow a consistent treatment of these measurements. The paper outlines the conclusions of the work which resulted in the proposed IAU resolutions.

Type
Section 3. Relativistic Considerations
Copyright
Copyright © US Naval Observatory 2000

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