Formation | 1987 |
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Coordinates | 59°56′56″N 30°20′42″E / 59.94889°N 30.34500°E |
Official language | Russian |
Director | Dmitry Viktorovich Ivanov |
Staff | about 300 |
Website | http://iaaras.ru/en/ (in English) http://iaaras.ru (in Russian) |
The Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (name in Russian: Институт прикладной астрономии — official name in Russian: Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт прикладной астрономии Российской академии наук (Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences) — abbreviated name in Russian: ИПА РАН — abbreviated name in English: IAA RAS) is one of the world's largest astronomical institutes, known for research in ephemeris astronomy, classical and relativistic celestial mechanics, radio astronomy and radio interferometry, space geodesy, fundamental coordinate-time support, and development of new methods in astrometry and geodynamics.