Dr : Awni khasawneh (Jordan ) The General Director of the Royal Jordanian Geographic Center chairing The First meeting of the Working Group on a “Space2030” agenda of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space during the 56th session of Scientific and Technical Subcommittee held at Vienna-Austria
Read More »The International Astronomical Union is delighted to congratulate the entire LIGO collaboration on its exceptional achievement of the direct and unequivocal detection of gravitational waves, probably originating from the merger of two black holes. Not only does this feat celebrate Albert Einstein and his general theory of relativity in …
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Under the Patronage of the Director General of the Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre Brig. Gen. Dr. Awni Mohammad Al-Khasawneh On the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the international astronomical union (IAU), We are Pleased to invite you to Scientific lectures which provided by Prof. Osama Shalabyeh and scheduled as follow: …
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Amman, Jordan 25-28 March 2019 Key Information and Documents The online application form is now available. (More details are found under the registration section.) Preliminary Programme Information Note INTRODUCTION The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is the United Nations Office responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses …
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DUBAI: Space enthusiasts and experts have planned more than 3,700 events in 80 countries to mark World Space Week, which begins and ends every year with two dates significant to the start of the first space age: On Oct. 4, 1957, the date Russia launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first …
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The Royal Jordanian Geographical Center and the Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education for West Asia organized a celebration of the World Space Week in cooperation with the Regional Bureau for Astronomy Development in the Arab States, the Arab Union for Space and Astronomy Sciences and the Jordanian …
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Jordan was elected as a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) during the Union’s 100th Anniversary Open-source Exhibition which premiered in Vienna, Austria on August 20, 2018. The 12-day event celebrates a century of astronomical discoveries and is attended by 3500 members representing countries from all over the world. …
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The votes are in — the names of 19 ExoWorlds (14 stars and 31 exoplanets orbiting them) have been chosen by public vote in the NameExoWorlds contest, and accepted by the IAU. Reflecting the truly international interest in astronomy, over half a million votes from 182 countries and territories contributed …
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The National Committee on Geographical Names, in its meeting on 29/10/2015, which was held in its permanent, headquarters in Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre agreed to issue a special dictionary for geographical names in Jordan includes the name in Arabic language and its equivalent in Roman letters (Romanization) before the …
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