[Bug-gsl] [bug #37408] The astronomical unit (AU) has been re-defined

[Sébastien Maret]

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                 Summary: The astronomical unit (AU) has been re-defined
                 Project: GNU Scientific Library
            Submitted by: sebastienmaret
            Submitted on: jeu. 20 sept. 2012 10:52:57 GMT
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
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                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 1.15
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

The astronomical unit (AU) has been re-defined to be a conventional unit of
length equal to 149 597 870 700 m exactly.

The proposed patch fixes the corresponding constants in the GSL.

For more information, see the resolution B2 taken at the XXVIII General
Assembly of International Astronomical Union:
http://www.iau.org/static/resolutions/IAU2012_English.pdf



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Date: jeu. 20 sept. 2012 10:52:57 GMT  Name: au.patch  Size: 3 ko   By:
sebastienmaret

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=26597>

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