Royal Astronomical Society

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The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society and charity that supports the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science.^[1]

Its headquarters are in Burlington House, on Piccadilly in London. The society has over 4,000 members ("Fellows"), most of them professional researchers or postgraduate students. Around a quarter of Fellows live outside the UK.

References

↑ "The aims of the Society". ras.ac.uk. Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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