Divinity Atlas

Sacred Correspondences
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Source

International Astronomical Union (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia, English article, read 2026-08-16

This Wikipedia article records that the International Astronomical Union was created on 28 July 1919 at the Constitutive Assembly of the International Research Council in Brussels, in the effort to restore international scientific cooperation after the First World War, with Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Citation
Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union
Source Type
encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
A crowd sourced encyclopedia article used here for a straightforward founding chronology (the Brussels Constitutive Assembly of 18 to 28 July 1919, the seven founding member states), not for any contested claim, hence the lowest tier rather than exclusion.
Connections

Associated With

Belgium, Countries

This source names Belgium directly: "after the First World War, with Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states."

Source International Astronomical Union (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Canada, Countries

This source names Canada directly: "the First World War, with Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states."

Source International Astronomical Union (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Greece, Countries

This source names Greece directly: "Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states."

Source International Astronomical Union (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Greece, Regions

This source names Greece directly: "Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states."

Source International Astronomical Union (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
International Astronomical Union, Secular Organizations

This source names International Astronomical Union directly: "This Wikipedia article records that the International Astronomical Union was created on 28 July 1919 at the Constitutive Assembly of the International Research Council in Brussels, in the effort to..."

Source International Astronomical Union (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Claims Backed By This Source (140 claims)

This source backs 140 claims across the atlas. As facts: 133 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Secular Organizations, 129 claims: 127 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 5 holds.
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.