RESEARCH TEAMS AT THE IMCCE

• Astronomie et systèmes dynamiques (ASD,Astronomy and Dynamical Systems)
• Groupe astrométrie et planétologie (GAP, Astrometry and Planetology Group)

• Dynamical modeling of the planetary natural satellites
• Study of comets transport from the Oort cloud
• Dynamical modeling and physics of the meteoroids streams and parent comets
• Planetary analytical therories
• Modeling and radio or optical observations of meteoroids streams
• Planetology of comets and asteroids, in particular the targets of space missions
• Campaigns of observations of phenomena involving dynamics of natural satellites and asteroids
• Study of astrometric methods in adaptive optics
• High angular resolution study of planetary satellites, and satellites of asteroids
• Astrometry and photometry for the characterisation of asteroids, in particular NEAs
• Data mining of astrometric archives: identification and study of NEAs
• Development of data bases (NSDC: Natural Satellites Data Center)

Astronomy and dynamical systems (ASD team)

• Numerical modeling of high accuracy of the planetary system and the Moon-Earth system
• Dynamical planetary models for very long term
• Formation, evolution and stability of planetary and extrasolar systems
• Dissipative effects and geophysical consequences
• Planetary rotation and long term evolution of the rotational parameters and obliquity
• Earth rotation and theory of precession-nutation
• Mars and Earth paleoclimates
• Numerical methods: frequency analysis, symplectic integration
• Formal calculus
• Dynamics of the particle accelerators
• Hamiltonian systems
• N body problem