IAU General Assembly meetings - Science & Technology

Q.  Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The IAU General Assembly meets every three years.
2. 29th IAU General Assembly will be held at Honolulu, Hawaii in 2015.
- Published on 11 Jul 15

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None

ANSWER: Both
 
Since 1922, the IAU General Assembly meets every three years, with the exception of the period between 1938 to 1948, due to World War II. After a Polish request in 1967, and by a controversial decision of the then President of the IAU, an Extraordinary IAU General Assembly was held in February 1973 in Warsaw, Poland, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus

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