A |
Angstrom unit |
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A |
Ampere |
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A&A |
Astronomy and Astrophysics |
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A&ARv |
Astronomy and Astrophysics Review |
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A&AS |
Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series |
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A&AT |
Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions |
|
a&g |
Astronomy and Geophysics |
|
A/D |
Analog to Digital (conversion) |
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A/N |
Alphanumeric |
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AA |
Academic Affairs |
|
AA&AA |
Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts Heidelberg |
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AAA |
Amateur Astronomers Association |
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AAAD |
Amateur Astronomers Association Delhi |
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AAAM |
Active Amateur Astronomers of Maryland |
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AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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AACC |
American Association for Clinical Chemists |
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AACCS |
Analytical Approach to Candidate Constellation Selection |
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AAMC |
American Association of Medical Colleges |
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AAMI |
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation |
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AAO |
Anglo-Australian Observatory |
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AAONw |
Anglo-Australian Observatory Epping Newsletter |
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AAOPr |
Anglo-Australian Observatory Epping Preprint |
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AARP |
American Association of Retired Persons |
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AAS |
American Astronomical Society |
|
AAS |
Archaeology Astronautics and Seti |
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AASPP |
Astrononomy and Astrophysics Series |
|
AAT |
Anglo-Australian Telescope |
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AAT |
Anglo Australian Telescope |
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AAVSO |
American Association of Variable Star Observers |
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ab |
Archive Branch |
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ABB |
After the Big Bang |
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ABBA |
ADC Backend For Bolometer Array |
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AbbOO |
Abbadia Observatory Observations |
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ABF |
Astronomische Beeldverwerkings Faciliteiten |
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ABHI |
Association of British Health-Care Industries |
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ABRIXAS |
A BRoadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey |
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AC |
Active Coronae |
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AC |
Ascendant Cusp |
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AC |
Astrographic Catalogue |
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ACA |
Atacama Compact Array |
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ACE |
Advanced Composition Explorer |
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ACE |
Actuator Control Electronics |
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ACiCh |
Astronomical Circular |
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ACIS |
Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer |
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ACIT |
Automatic Comet Imaging Telescope |
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ACK |
acknowldgement message |
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ACM |
Asteroids Comets Meteors |
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ACMan |
Astronomical Contributions from the University of Manchester |
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ACP |
Aerosol Collector and Pyrolyser |
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ACPG |
Astronomical Community Participation Group |
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ACRIM |
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS) |
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ACRV |
Astronaut Crew Rescue Vehicle |
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ACRV |
Assured Crew Return Vehicle |
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ACS |
Actuator Control System |
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ACS |
Advanced Camera for Surveys |
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ACS |
American College of Surgeons |
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ACT |
Astrographic Catalog Tycho |
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ACTS |
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite |
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ACURA |
Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy |
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ACV |
Alpha Canes Venatici |
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ACYG |
Alpha CYGni |
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AD |
Astronomsko Drustvo |
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AD |
Analog to Digital |
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AdA&A |
Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics |
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ADAF |
Advection-dominated Accretion Flow |
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ADAS |
Asiago DLR Asteroid Survey |
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ADASS |
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems |
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ADC |
Analog-Digital Converter |
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ADC |
Astronomical Data Center |
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ADCBu |
Astronomical Data Center Bulletin |
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ADEC |
Astrophysics Data Centers Executive Council |
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AdEPS |
Advances in Earth and Planetary Sciences |
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ADF |
Astrophysics Data Facility |
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ADFRF |
Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility |
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ADH |
Average Daily Hours |
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ADIL |
Astronomy Data Image Library |
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ADIL |
Astronomy Digital Image Library |
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ADIS |
Astrophysics Data and Information Services |
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ADOR |
Astrometry and Design Operations Review |
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ADP |
Automated Data Processing |
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ADS |
Astrophysics Data Service |
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ADS |
Astrophysics Data System |
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ADS |
Aitken Double Stars |
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AdSAC |
Advanced Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology |
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AdSpR |
Advances in Space Research |
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ADU |
Astronomical Distance Unit |
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AdvaMed |
Advanced Medical Technology Association |
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AE |
Adverse Event |
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AEA |
Atomic Energy Agency |
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AEDP |
Astrometry and Engineering Data Processing |
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AEdRv |
Astronomy Education Review |
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AEG |
Astro Event Group |
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aer |
Astronomy Education Review |
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AESS |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society |
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AET |
Accuracy Enhancing Technology |
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AExpr |
Astronomy Express |
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AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
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AFGWC |
Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.) |
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AFSCN |
Air Force Space Command network |
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AFSD |
Air Force Space Division |
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AG |
Astronomische Gesellschaft |
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AGAPE |
Andromeda Galaxy and Amplified Pixels Experiment |
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AGB |
Asymptotic Giant Branch |
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AGILE |
Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero |
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AGK |
Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog |
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AGK3 |
Katalog der Astronomischen Gesellschaft 3 |
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AGN |
Active Galaxy Nucleus |
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AGN |
Active Galactic Nucleus |
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AGPS |
Assisted Global Positioning System |
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AGU |
American Geophysical Union |
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AH |
Asteroid Hunt |
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AH |
ampere hours |
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AHA |
American Hospital Association |
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ahrq |
Agency for Health, Research, and Quality |
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AHU |
Air Handling Unit |
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AIAA |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. |
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AIM |
Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere |
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AIMBE |
American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
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AIPS |
Astronomical Image Processing System |
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AirCo |
Air et Cosmos |
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AIT |
Assembly, Integration, and Testing |
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AJ |
Astronomical Journal |
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AJD |
Astronomical Julian Day |
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ALaMO |
Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory |
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ALAT |
Airborne Large Aperture Telescope |
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ALEXIS |
Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors |
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ALFA |
A Laser For Astronomy |
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ALIS |
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer |
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ALMA |
Atacama Large Millimeter Array |
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ALPO |
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers |
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ALPOJ |
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers Journal |
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ALS |
Advanced Launch System |
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ALTS |
Astronomy Lunch Time Seminar |
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am |
Anti-meridian |
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AMA |
American Medical Association |
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AMANDA |
Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array |
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AMASE |
Astrophysics Multi-Spectral Archive Search Engine |
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AMDM |
Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers |
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AMIA |
The American Medical Informatics Association |
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AMPS |
Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space |
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AMPS |
Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System |
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AMR |
Antarctic Meteorite Research |
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AMS |
American Meteor Society |
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AMSU |
Advanced Mass Spectrometry Unit |
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AMU |
Atomic Mass Unit |
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AN |
Astronomische Nachrichten |
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AnBos |
Annals of the Bosscha Observatory Lembang |
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AnCap |
Annals of the Cape Observatory |
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AnCGH |
Annals of Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope |
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AnDea |
Annales of the Dearborn Observatory |
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AnDud |
Annals of the Dudley Observatory |
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AnEdi |
Annals of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh |
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AnHar |
Annals of Harvard College Observatory |
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AnLL |
Annals of the Observatory of Lucien Libert |
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AnLow |
Annals of the Lowell Observatory |
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AnLun |
Annals of the Observatory of Lund |
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AnMN |
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter |
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AnOLL |
Annals of the Private Observatory of Lucien Libert |
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ANS |
Astro News Service |
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ANS |
Astronomical Netherlands Satellite |
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AnSAO |
Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution |
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AnShO |
Shanghai Observatory Annals |
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ANSI |
American National Standards Institute, Inc. |
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AnTok |
Annals of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory |
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AO |
announcement of opportunity |
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AO |
Adaptive Optics |
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AOA |
ASCA Online Arxiv |
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AOA |
Abort Once Around (shuttle Abort Plan) |
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AOA |
Angle Of Attack |
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AOC |
Award Of Contract |
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AOCS |
Attitude and Orbit Control System |
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AOR |
Astronomical Observation Request |
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AOSS |
AURA Observatory Support Services |
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AP |
Astral Projection |
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AP |
Array Processor |
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Ap&SS |
Astrophysics and Space Science |
|
Ap.J |
Astrophysical Journal |
|
APASS |
AAVSO Photometric All-Sky Survey |
|
APC |
Ambulatory Payment Class |
|
APh |
Astroparticle Physics |
|
APhA |
American Pharmaceutical Association |
|
ApInv |
Astrophysical Investigations |
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APJ |
Astrophysical Journal |
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APJL |
Astrophysical Journal Letters |
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ApJS |
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |
|
ApL |
Astrophysical Letters |
|
APL |
Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins) |
|
ApL&C |
Astrophysical Letters Communications |
|
APM |
Attached Pressurized Module (a.k.a. Columbus) |
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APO |
Apache Point Observatory |
|
APOD |
Astronomy Picture of the Day |
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APPLE |
Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment |
|
APS |
Astronomy & Planetary Science |
|
APS |
American Physical Society |
|
APSB |
Advance Planning Systems Branch |
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ApSSS |
Astrophysics and Space Science Supplement |
|
APT |
Astronomers Proposal Tools |
|
APT |
Automatic Photometric Telescope |
|
APT |
Automated Patrol Telescope |
|
APU |
Auxiliary Power Unit |
|
Aqr |
Aquarius |
|
AR |
Active Region |
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ARA&A |
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
|
ARAA |
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
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ArAS |
Armenian Astronomical Society |
|
ARAS |
Astronomical Ring for Access to Spectroscopy |
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ArBei |
Astrophysics Reports Publications of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory |
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ARC |
Ames Research Center (NASA) |
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ARC |
Astrophysical Research Consortium |
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ArchS |
Archaeoastronomy Supplement |
|
AReg |
Astronomical Register |
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ARep |
Astronomy Reports |
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AREPS |
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
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ARGOS |
Advanced Research Global Observation Satellite |
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ARGUS |
Astronomical Research Group Under Stars |
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ARISTOTELES |
Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite |
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ARKod |
Annual Report of the Kodaikanal Observatory |
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ArmOL |
Armagh Observatory Leaflet |
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ARTEMIS |
Advanced Relay TEchnology MISsion |
|
ASA |
Astronomical Society Of The Atlantic |
|
ASAIO |
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs |
|
ASAP |
As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap) |
|
ASAS |
All Sky Automated Survey |
|
ASC |
Ambulatory Surgery Center |
|
ASC |
Agence Spatiale Canadienne |
|
ASCA |
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics |
|
ASCA |
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astronomy |
|
ASCH |
Alien Societies Culture And History |
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ASCII |
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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ASCP |
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
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ascrs |
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's |
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ash |
American Society of Hematology's |
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ASHP |
American Society of Hospital Pharmacists |
|
ASI |
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana |
|
ASIAA |
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
|
ASIM |
American Society of International Medicine |
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ASKAP |
Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder |
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ASM |
American Society for Microbiology |
|
ASMT |
American Society for Medical Technology |
|
ASP |
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
|
ASP |
Analog Signal Processor |
|
ASPP |
Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics |
|
ASPRv |
Astrophysics and Space Physics Reviews |
|
ASQ |
Alpha System Qualification |
|
ASRM |
Advanced Solid Rocket Motor |
|
ASSA |
Astronomical Society of South Africa |
|
ASSU |
Annual Scientific Supplement to Urania |
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AST |
Apparent Solar Time |
|
AST |
Astrometry Science Team |
|
ASTD |
Advanced Space Technology Division |
|
AstHe |
Astronomical Herald |
|
AstL |
Astronomy Letters |
|
ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
|
AstQ |
Astronomy Quarterly |
|
ASTRA |
Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions |
|
ASTRA |
Advanced Star Tracker |
|
ASTRO |
Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations |
|
ASW |
Address and Synchronization Word |
|
ASWG |
Astronomical Science Working Group |
|
ASWG |
ATST (Advanced Technology Solar Telescope) Science Working Group |
|
AT |
Acceptance Test |
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ATC |
Absolute Time Command |
|
ATCA |
Australia Telescope Compact Array |
|
ATDRS |
Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite |
|
ATel |
Astronomer's Telegram |
|
ATLAS |
ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science |
|
ATLAS |
Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope |
|
ATM |
Amateur Telescope Making |
|
ATM |
Apollo Telescope Mount (on Skylab) |
|
ATM |
Amateur Telescope Maker |
|
ATO |
Abort To Orbit |
|
ATPI |
Astronomy Through Practical Investigations |
|
ATR |
Absolute Time Reference |
|
ATV |
Automated Transfer Vehicle |
|
AU |
Astronomical Unit |
|
AU |
Alternate Universe |
|
AUASS |
Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences |
|
AUDS |
ALFA Ultra Deep Survey |
|
AuJPA |
Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement |
|
AURA |
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. |
|
AVO |
Astrophysical Virtual Observatory |
|
AVSOA |
American Association of Variable Stars Observers Abstracts |
|
AVSOM |
American Association of Variable Stars Observers Monographs |
|
AVSOQ |
American Association of Variable Stars Observers Quarterly Reports |
|
AVSOR |
American Association of Variable Stars Observers Reports |
|
AVWG |
Assembly and Verification Working Group |
|
AW&ST |
Aviation Week & Space Technology |
|
AWG |
Astronomy Working Group |
|
AXAF |
Assembly and Verification Working Group |
|
AXAF |
Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility |
|
AXP |
Anomalous X-Ray Pulsar |
|
AZ |
Azimuth |
|
AZA |
Analiza Zanieczyszczenia Atmosfery |
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b |
Barnard |
|
B-V |
Binary - Variable star |
|
B/L |
Baseline |
|
B/W |
Black and White |
|
BAA |
British Astronomical Association |
|
BAAS |
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society |
|
BAC |
Bordeaux Astrographic Catalog |
|
BAE |
British Aerospace Systems, LTD |
|
BAICz |
Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of Czechoslovakia |
|
BaltA |
Baltic Astronomy |
|
BANS |
Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, Supplement Series |
|
BAO |
Beijing Astronomical Observatory |
|
BASBr |
Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of Brazil |
|
BASD |
Ball Aerospace Systems Division |
|
BASI |
Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India |
|
BASIS |
Burst and All-Sky Imaging Survey |
|
BAT |
Burst Alert Telescope |
|
BATC |
Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut |
|
BATSE |
Burst and Transient Source Experiment |
|
BATTeRS |
Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescopes for Rapid Survey |
|
BAV |
Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Veraenderliche Sterne |
|
BAVSO |
Bulletin of the American Association of Variable Stars Observers |
|
BB |
Black-body |
|
BBF |
Bursty Bulk Flow |
|
BBH |
Big Black Hole |
|
BBT |
Big Bang Theory |
|
BBXRT |
Broadband XRay Telescope |
|
BCCP |
Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics |
|
BCD |
Blue Compact Dwarf |
|
BCD |
Basic Calibrated Data |
|
BCD |
Binary-Coded Decimal |
|
BCEP |
Beta CEPhei |
|
BCG |
Blue Compact Galaxy |
|
BCrAO |
Bulletin Crimean Astrophysical Observatory |
|
BCS |
Bragg Crystal Spectrometer |
|
BCVS |
Bibliographic Catalogue of Variable Stars |
|
BD |
Bonner Durchmusterung |
|
BD |
Brown Dwarf |
|
BDB |
Big Dumb Booster |
|
BDEC |
Bendix Field Engineering Corporation |
|
BDF |
Block Data Format |
|
BE |
Bright Elements |
|
BEM |
Bug-Eyed Monster (Late 40's-early 50'soft-used, and still in use, Sci-Fi term) |
|
BER |
Bit-Error Rate |
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BEV |
Billion Electron Volts |
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BF |
Broadening Function |
|
BH |
Black Hole |
|
BHAS |
Black Hills Astronomical Society |
|
BHB |
Blue Horizontal Branch |
|
BHB |
Black Hole Bang |
|
BHC |
Black Hole Candidate |
|
BHH(s) |
Black Hole(s) |
|
BHTA |
British Healthcare Trades Industry |
|
BHXRT |
Black Hole X-Ray Transient |
|
BIMA |
Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Array |
|
BIO |
Biotechnology Industry Organization |
|
BIS |
British Interplanetary Society |
|
BITP |
Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics |
|
BKoAS |
Bulletin of Korean Astronomical Society |
|
BLAST |
Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope |
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blg |
bulge |
|
BLO |
Bl Lac Object |
|
BLOB |
Binary Large Object |
|
BM |
Blue Moon |
|
BMA |
British Medical Association |
|
BMDO |
Ballistic Missile Defense Office |
|
BMO |
Black Moving Object |
|
BNSC |
British National Space Centre |
|
BO |
Biological Origin |
|
BOAO |
Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory |
|
BOD |
Board of Directors (Budget) |
|
BOOK |
Bio Optical Organized Knowledge |
|
BOSS |
Bullet Of Super Speed |
|
bpi |
bits per inch |
|
bpm |
Bruce Proper Motion |
|
bps |
bits per second |
|
BPSK |
binary phase shift keying |
|
BRAS |
Baton Rouge Astronomical Society |
|
BRAVO |
Back-End Redesign for Added Value for Observers |
|
BRITE |
Bright-Star Target Explorer |
|
BS |
Bica and Schmitt |
|
BS |
Burrell Schmidt telescope |
|
BSG |
Blue SuperGiant |
|
BSI |
British Standards Institution |
|
BSS |
Bigelow Sky Survey |
|
BSS |
Blue Straggler Star |
|
BST |
British Summer Time [GMT 0100] |
|
BTOK |
Bulletin of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory |
|
BTU |
British Thermal Unit |
|
BTW |
By The Way |
|
BUBes |
Bulletin of the University of Besancon Observatory |
|
BWI |
Baltimore-Washington International Airport, between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC, United States |
|
BY |
BY Draconis |
|
BZ |
Brillouin zone - a uniquely defined primitive cell in reciprocal space |
|
C&A |
calibration and analysis |
|
c&dh |
Control and Data Handling |
|
C&T |
Communications and Tracking |
|
C/C |
configuration control |
|
CA |
Coronagraphic Apodizer |
|
CAAA |
Capital Area Astronomy Association |
|
CAAS |
Central Arkansas Astronomical Society |
|
CADC |
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre |
|
CADC |
Canadian Astronomical Data Center |
|
CAI |
Calcium Aluminum-rich Inclusion |
|
CAL |
Casual Astronomy League |
|
CALL |
Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link |
|
CAMAC |
Computer-Aided Measurement and Control |
|
CAMC |
Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle |
|
CamRe |
Cambridge Observatories Reprints |
|
CanX |
Canadian Advanced Nanospace Experiments |
|
CAP |
College of American Pathologists |
|
CapMi |
Royal Observatory Cape Mimeogram |
|
CAPS |
Cassini Plasma Spectrometer |
|
CARA |
Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica |
|
CARA |
California Association for Research in Astronomy |
|
CarOB |
Carter Observatory Wellington New Zealand Astronomical Bulletins |
|
CarRe |
Carter Observatory Wellington New Zealand Reprints |
|
CAS |
Cambridge Astrophysics Series |
|
CASA |
Common Astronomy Software Applications |
|
CASB |
Catalogs and Survey Branch |
|
CASE |
computer-automated software engineering |
|
CASJ |
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal |
|
CASJQ |
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal Quarter |
|
CASS |
Center for Advanced Space Studies |
|
CATS |
Cheap Access to Space |
|
CBER |
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research |
|
CBI |
Confederation of British Industries |
|
CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
|
CBP |
Collateral Benefits Plan |
|
CBR |
Cosmic Background Radiation |
|
CBS |
Contract and Business Services |
|
CC |
Candidate Companion |
|
CCA |
Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics |
|
CCAFS |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from. |
|
CCAR |
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research |
|
CCAS |
Cape Cod Astronomical Society |
|
CCAS |
Cape Canaveral Air Station |
|
CCB |
Configuration Control Board |
|
CCD |
Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge. |
|
CCD |
Color-Color Diagram |
|
CCDM |
Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars |
|
CCDS |
Centers for the Commercial Development of Space |
|
CCF |
Cosmogenic Correlation Factor |
|
CCIR |
Comit? Consultatif International Pour La Radio (French For Consultative Committee On International Radio |
|
CCITT |
Consultative Committee on International Telegraph & Telephone |
|
CCL |
Closed Conference Loop |
|
CCLRC |
Central Laboratory of the Research Councils |
|
CCMS |
Command Control and Monitor System |
|
CCO |
Central Compact Object |
|
CCO |
Catalogue of Cometary Orbits |
|
CCR |
Cost-Charge Ratio |
|
CCR |
Configuration Change Request |
|
CCS |
Cool Carbon Star |
|
CCSN |
core-collapse supranovæ |
|
CCTV |
Closed Circuit Television |
|
CD |
Compact Disc |
|
CD |
Cordoba Durchmusterung |
|
CD-ROM |
compact disc-read only memory |
|
CDBS |
Calibration Data Base System |
|
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
|
CDCA |
Centre de Depoiullement des Cliches Astronimiques |
|
CDIMP |
Catalogue of Discoveries and Identifications of Minor Planets |
|
CDM |
Cold Dark Matter |
|
CDMH |
Cold Dark Matter Haloes |
|
CDR |
Critical Design Review |
|
CDRH |
Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration) |
|
CDS |
Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer |
|
CDSF |
Commercially Developed Space Facility |
|
CDT |
Connaissance Des Temps |
|
CEA |
Center for EUV Astrophysics |
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CEAB |
Central European Astrophysical Bulletin |
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CEC |
Commission of the European Communities ; |
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CELT |
California Extremely Large Telescope |
|
CeMDA |
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy |
|
CeMec |
Celestial Mechanics |
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CEMP |
Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor |
|
CEN |
Committee European de Normalisation |
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CENELEC |
European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation |
|
CEO |
Corporate Europe Observatory |
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CEP |
CEPheid |
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CES |
Central Electromagnetic Shower |
|
CEV |
Crew Exploration Vehicle |
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CfA |
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA |
|
CFC |
Chloroflourocarbon |
|
CFCO |
Committee for Crescent Observation |
|
CfCP |
Center for Cosmological Physics |
|
CFF |
Columbus Free Flyer |
|
CFHT |
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope |
|
CFIT |
Controlled Flight into Terrain |
|
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
|
CFS |
Chandrasekhar - Friedmann - Schutz instability |
|
CG |
Cometary Globule |
|
CG |
Compact Galaxy |
|
CG |
Center of Gravity (DXS) |
|
CG |
Central Galaxy |
|
CGCS |
Catalogue of Galactic Carbon Stars |
|
CGCS |
Cool Galactic Carbon Star |
|
CGRO |
Compton Telescope |
|
CGRO |
Compton Gamma Ray Obsrvatory |
|
CGRO |
Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory |
|
CGSS |
Catalogue of Galactic S Stars |
|
ChA&A |
Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics |
|
CHARA |
Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy |
|
CHI |
California Healthcare Institute |
|
CHIME |
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives |
|
CHIP |
Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma |
|
CHIPS |
Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer |
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ChJAA |
Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
|
ChJSS |
Chinese Journal of Space Science |
|
CHPA |
Consumer Healthcare Products Association |
|
ChSAJ |
Chinese Society of Astronautics Journal |
|
CHSS |
Century Halo Star Survey |
|
ChSST |
Chinese Space Science Technology |
|
CHZ |
Circumstellar Habitable Zone |
|
CIAO |
Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations |
|
CIAO |
Coronagraphic Imager with Adaptive Optics |
|
CIB |
Cosmic Infrared Background |
|
CiBAA |
Circular of the British Astronomical Association |
|
CIBR |
Cosmic Infrared Background Radiation |
|
CIDA |
Cometary Interplanetary Dust Analyzer |
|
CINEOS |
Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey |
|
CIO |
Catalog of Infrared Observations |
|
cIP |
Celestial Intermediate Pole |
|
CIRCE |
Confusion-limited Infrared Cosmology Explorer |
|
CIRRIS |
Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle |
|
CISCO |
Cooled Infrared Spectrograph and Camera for OHS |
|
CIT |
California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) |
|
CIT |
Circumstellar Imaging Telescope |
|
CITECH |
Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare |
|
CiUO |
Circular of the Union Observatory Johannesburg |
|
CKSM |
checksum |
|
CL |
Command Language |
|
CLMA |
Clinical Laboratory Management Association |
|
CM |
Configuration Management |
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Cm |
Critical mass |
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CM |
Center of Mass |
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cm |
Centimeter |
|
CM |
Command Module |
|
CM/QA |
Configuration Management/Quality Assurance |
|
CMA |
Chemical Manufacturers Association |
|
CMA |
Canis Majoris A |
|
CMB |
Cosmic Microwave Background |
|
CMBR |
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation |
|
CMC |
Carlsberg Meridian Catalogue |
|
CMCC |
Central Mission Control Centre |
|
CMD |
Color-Magnitude Diagram |
|
CME |
Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun) |
|
CME |
Coronal Mass Ejections |
|
CMF |
Core Mass Function |
|
CMOS |
Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
|
CMP |
Competitive Medical Plan |
|
CMS |
Correctional Medical Services |
|
CMT |
Carlsberg Meridian Telescope |
|
CNB |
Cosmic Neutrino Background |
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CNES |
Centre National d'Etude Spatiales |
|
CNO |
Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen |
|
CNS |
Computing and Network Services |
|
CNS |
Central Navigation System |
|
CNSA |
China National Space Administration |
|
CNSR |
Comet Nucleus Sample Return |
|
CO |
Contracting Officer |
|
CoArm |
Contributions from the Armagh Observatory |
|
CoASP |
Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics |
|
CoAst |
Communications in Asteroseismology |
|
Cob |
close of business (End of duty day) |
|
COBE |
Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA) |
|
CoBos |
Contributions from the Bosscha Observervatory |
|
COBRAS-SAMBA |
Cosmic Background Radiation Anisotropy Satellite / Satellite for Measurement of Background Anisotrop |
|
CoBrn |
Contributions of the Public Observatory and Planetarium in Brno |
|
CoCam |
Contributions from the Cambridge Observatory England |
|
COCIR |
Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries |
|
COD |
Carbon Oxygen Dwarf |
|
CoDDO |
Communications from the David Dunlap Observatory |
|
CODE |
Creation Out of Deep Energy |
|
CODMAC |
Committee on Data Management and Computing |
|
COHSI |
Cambridge OH-Suppression Instrument |
|
CoKon |
Commmunications of the Konkoly Observatory Hungary |
|
Col |
Collinder catalog |
|
CoLic |
Contributions of Lick Observatory |
|
CoLon |
Communications of the University of London Observatory |
|
CoLPL |
Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory |
|
ComAp |
Comments on Astrophysics |
|
COMICS |
Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrometer |
|
COMPTEL |
Compton Telescope |
|
ComSp |
Commercial Space |
|
CON |
Certificate Of Need |
|
CoOxf |
Communications from the University Observatory Oxford |
|
CoPer |
Contributions of Perkins Observatory |
|
CopRe |
Copenhagen University Observatory Reprints |
|
CoPri |
Contributions from the Princeton University Observatory |
|
CoRad |
Communications from the Radcliffe Observatory Pretoria South Africa |
|
CoROE |
Communications from the Royal Observatory Edinburgh |
|
COROT |
Convection Rotation and Planetary Transits |
|
CoSka |
Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso |
|
COSPAR |
Committee on Space Research (ICSU) |
|
CosRe |
Cosmic Research |
|
CosSe |
Cosmic Search Summer |
|
COSTAR |
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement |
|
COT |
Check-Out on Type |
|
COTS |
Commercial Off the Shelf Software |
|
COTS |
Cheap Off the Shelf |
|
COVVO |
Contributions of the Van Vleck Observatory |
|
CoWat |
Contributions of the University of Waterloo Observatory |
|
CoWro |
Contributions from the Wroclaw Astronomical Observatory |
|
CP |
Cambridge Pulsar |
|
CP |
Chemically Peculiar |
|
CPAF |
Cost Plus Award Fee (Type of Contract) |
|
CPD |
Cape Photographic Durchmusterung |
|
CPFF |
Cost Plus Fixed-Fee |
|
CPI |
Continuous Process Improvement |
|
cpi |
characters per inch |
|
CPMF |
cost plus management fee |
|
CPMM |
characters per millimeter |
|
CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
|
CQGra |
Classical and Quantum Gravity |
|
CQGrS |
Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement |
|
CRAF |
Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Fly-by |
|
CRAF |
Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies |
|
CRAP |
Completely Radical Anthropic Principle |
|
CRAQ |
Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Québec |
|
CraRe |
Cracow Observatory Reprints |
|
CRB |
Change Review Board |
|
CRBT |
Cosmic Ray Background Test |
|
CRC |
Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check) |
|
CREAM |
Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass |
|
CRF |
Case Report Form |
|
CRISTA |
Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope For Atmosphere |
|
CRL |
Compound Refractive Lens |
|
CRO |
Contract Research Organization |
|
CRPL |
Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory |
|
CRRES |
Combined Release Radiation Effects Satellite |
|
CRS |
Congressional Research Service |
|
CRS |
Cambridge Reference Sequence |
|
CRSR |
Center for Radiophysics and Space Research |
|
CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV) |
|
CRTS |
Centre Royal de Teledetection Spatiale |
|
CRTS |
Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey |
|
CSA |
Canadian Standards Association (like UL) |
|
CSA |
Canadian Space Agency |
|
CSAA |
Committee on Space Astronomy and Astrophysics |
|
CSBN |
Committee for Small-Body Nomenclature |
|
CSC |
Collection of Small Companies. Alternative interpretation (apparently used by staff) of the CSC company name, which properly stands for Computer Sciences Corporation. The 'Collection of Small Companies' version reflects CSC's operatianal structure, which |
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CSE |
Circumstellar Envelope |
|
CSF |
Clustered Star Formation |
|
CSG |
Council of State Governments |
|
CSI |
Catalog of Stellar Identification |
|
CSLG |
Campus-wide Software License Grants Program |
|
CSM |
Circumstellar Material |
|
CSM |
Central Star Magnitude |
|
CSM |
Command and Service Module |
|
csma |
Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy |
|
CSO |
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory |
|
CSPAR |
Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research |
|
CSPN |
Central Star of Planetary Nebula |
|
CSS |
Catalina Sky Survey |
|
CST |
Constant-Separation Traversing |
|
CST |
Constant Strain Triangle |
|
CST |
Constant |
|
CSTC |
Consolidated Space Test Center |
|
CSV |
Catalog of Suspected Variables |
|
CSVS |
Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars |
|
CSWA |
Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy |
|
CT |
Cerro Tololo |
|
CTA |
Computer Technology Associates (GSFC) |
|
CTB |
Cargo Transfer Bag |
|
CTE |
Charge Transfer Efficiency |
|
CTIO |
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
|
CTO |
Color Temperature Orange |
|
CTRF |
Celestial and Terrestrial Reference Frames |
|
CTTS |
Classical T Tauri Star |
|
CTWG |
Calibration Targets Working Group |
|
CU |
Calibration Unit |
|
CV |
Curriculum Vitae |
|
CV |
Cataclysmic Variable |
|
CVA |
Central Valley Astronomers |
|
CVAS |
Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society |
|
CVC |
Current-to-Voltage Converter |
|
CVN |
Canes Venatici (A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Ursa Major and Boötes, under the handle of the Big Dipper) |
|
CVP |
Continuously Variable Planetary |
|
CVZ |
Continuous Viewing Zone (Hubble Space Telescope; US NASA) |
|
CW |
Clockwise |
|
CWS |
Committee on World Standards |
|
CXBR |
Cosmic X-ray Background Radiation |
|
CXO |
Chandra X-ray Observatory |
|
CY |
Calendar Year |
|
CYSF |
Cape York Space Facility |
|
D |
Directive |
|
D |
Director |
|
D |
Diameter |
|
D/A |
Digital-to-Analog |
|
DADS |
Data Archive and Distribution System |
|
DAG |
DoÄŸu Anadolu Gozlemevi |
|
DAO |
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (Victoria, BC, Canada) |
|
DAOAR |
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Annual Report |
|
DAR |
Defense Acquisition Regulation |
|
DAV |
Deerlick Astronomy Village |
|
DBMS |
Data Base Management System |
|
DBSA |
Database and System Administration team |
|
dBw |
decibel reference to 1 watt |
|
DC |
Direct Current |
|
DC |
Delta Clipper |
|
DCA |
Detector Control Assembly |
|
DCB |
Design Change Board |
|
DCC |
Document Control Center |
|
DCEP |
Delta Cepheid |
|
DCF |
Data Capture Facility |
|
DCL |
Digital Control Language |
|
DCMF |
Data Capture and Management Facility |
|
DCR |
Document Change Request |
|
dct |
Discrete Cosine Transformer |
|
DCX |
Delta Clipper Experimental |
|
DD |
Deputy Director |
|
DDA |
Division on Dynamical Astronomy |
|
DDCMP |
Digital Data Communications Message Protocol |
|
DDCU |
DC-to-DC Converter Unit |
|
DDF |
Directors Discretionary Funds |
|
DDL |
Data Definition Language |
|
DDORe |
David Dunlap Observatory Richmond Hill Reprints |
|
DDTE |
Design, Development, Test, and Evaluation |
|
DE |
Dwarf elliptical |
|
de |
Detector Efficiency |
|
DeaCo |
Dearborn Observatory Contributions |
|
DEC |
Declination |
|
DEC |
Digital Equipment Corporation |
|
DEED |
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development |
|
DEFCAL |
deflection calibration |
|
DEM |
Differential Emission Measure |
|
DENIS |
Deep Near-Infrared Survey |
|
DES |
Dark Energy Survey |
|
DES |
Deep Ecliptic Survey |
|
DFRC |
Dryden Flight Research Center |
|
DFRF |
Dryden Flight Research Facility |
|
DG |
Data Group |
|
DH |
Data Handling |
|
DIB |
Diffuse Interstellar Band |
|
DIG |
Dwarf Irregular Galaxy |
|
DIN |
Day Into Night |
|
DIN |
Deutsches Institut für Normung. |
|
DIN |
Deutsches Institut fur Normung |
|
DISR |
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer |
|
DIST |
Distance |
|
DLR |
Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
|
DM |
Dark Matter |
|
DMA |
direct memory access (computer term) |
|
DME |
Durable Medical Equipment |
|
DMERC |
Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier |
|
DMF |
Data Management Facility |
|
DMS |
Daily Mission Schedule |
|
DMS |
Data Management Subsystem |
|
DMSP |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.) |
|
DN |
Data Number |
|
DN |
Dwarf Nova |
|
dn |
Dwarf Novae |
|
DN |
Digital Number |
|
DNA |
Digital Network Architecture |
|
DNS |
Double Neutron Star |
|
DOAMS |
distant-object attitude-measuring system |
|
DOC |
Data Operations Center |
|
DOD |
United States Department of Defense |
|
DOE |
United States Department of Energy (government) |
|
DoH |
Department of Health (various countries) |
|
DOMSAT |
Domestic Communications Satellite System |
|
DOS |
Degrees Of Separation |
|
DOT |
Department of Transport |
|
DOV |
Director of Orbital Verification |
|
DOY |
Day of Year |
|
DPOSS |
Digitized Palomar Observatory Sky Survey |
|
DPS |
Division for Planetary Sciences |
|
DQE |
Detector Quantum Efficiency |
|
DQF |
Data Quality File |
|
DRAA |
Durham Regional Astronomical Association |
|
DRAO |
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory |
|
DRD |
Data Requirements Document |
|
DRG |
Diagnosis-Related Groups |
|
DRO |
Distant Retrograde Orbit |
|
DRS |
Direct Receiving Station |
|
DRS |
Data Relay Satellite |
|
DS |
Dwarf Star |
|
DSCS |
U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System |
|
DSD |
Data Systems Division |
|
DSMA |
Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance |
|
DSMB |
Data Safety Monitoring Board |
|
DSN |
Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities. |
|
DSN |
deep-space network |
|
DSNPR |
Deep Space Network Progress Report |
|
dso |
Deep Space Object |
|
DSO |
Deep Sky Object |
|
DSOB |
Data Systems Operations Branch |
|
DSOS |
Dish Surface Optimization System |
|
DSP |
Defense Support Program |
|
DSS |
Digitized Sky Survey |
|
DSS |
Deep Space Station |
|
DSSC |
Deep Space Station Complex |
|
DSSN |
Delta Scuti Star Newsletter |
|
DudOR |
Dudley Observatory Reports |
|
DunOP |
Dunsink Observatory Publications |
|
DunRe |
Dunsink Observatory Reprints |
|
DurOO |
Durham Observatory Observations |
|
DVA |
Detector Vacuum Assembly |
|
DWE |
Doppler Wind Experiment |
|
DyeRe |
Dyer Observatory Reprints |
|
E |
Earth |
|
E |
Eclipsing |
|
E&PSL |
Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
|
e&s |
Earth and Space |
|
E-ELT |
European Extremely Large Telescope |
|
E/A |
Ephemeris/Attitude |
|
EA |
Eclipsing Algol |
|
EAA |
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
|
EAAA |
Escambia Amateur Astronomers Association |
|
EAAE |
European Association for Astronomy Education |
|
EAAS |
East Antrim Astronomical Society |
|
EAC |
European Astronaut Centre |
|
EAFB |
Edwards Air Force Base |
|
eAPJ |
Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters |
|
EAPSNET |
East-Asian Planet Search Network |
|
EAPU |
External Auxiliary Power Unit |
|
EARS |
Electrostatic Atmospherics Radio Sensor |
|
EB |
Eclipsing Beta |
|
EBA |
Electronics Bay Assembly |
|
EBCi |
Eclipsing Binaries Circulars |
|
EBE |
Extraterrestrial Biological Entity |
|
EBL |
Everything But Light |
|
EBL |
Extragalactic Background Light |
|
EBS |
Electron Bombarded Silicon |
|
EBTC |
Edison BioTechnology Center |
|
EC |
Embedded Cluster |
|
EC |
European Community |
|
ECA |
Electronics Control Assembly |
|
ECA |
Earth-Crossing Asteroid |
|
ECA |
Earth Crossing Asteroid |
|
ECCLS |
European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards |
|
ECEF |
EarthCentered EarthFixed |
|
ECF |
European Coordinating Facility |
|
ECO |
Earth crossing object |
|
ECRI |
Emergency Care Research Institute |
|
ECS |
Environmental Control System (Subsystem) |
|
ECSS |
European Cooperation for Space Standardization |
|
ECT |
Equator Crossing Time |
|
EDB |
Engineering Data Base |
|
EDMA |
European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association |
|
EDO |
Extended Duration Orbiter |
|
EDT |
Eastern Daylight Time |
|
EED |
Extracted Engineering Data |
|
EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunity |
|
EExSc |
Earth and Extraterrestrial Sciences |
|
EF |
Event Foreground |
|
EFCS |
Earth-fixed coordinate system |
|
EFPIA |
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations |
|
EFR |
Emerging Flux Region |
|
EFRF |
Earth Fixed Reference Frame |
|
EGG |
Evaporating Gaseous Globule |
|
EGGR |
Eggen & Greenstein |
|
EGP |
Extrasolar Giant Planet |
|
EGRET |
Energetic Gamma Ray Explorer Telescope |
|
EGRET |
Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope |
|
EGRET |
Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope |
|
Ehb |
Extreme Horizontal Branch |
|
EIA |
Extended Interaction Amplifier |
|
EIT |
Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope |
|
EJASA |
Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic |
|
EKBO |
Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Object |
|
EL |
Enlarging Lens |
|
ELIAS |
European Large Area ISO Survey |
|
ELT |
Extremely Large Telescope |
|
ELV |
Expendable Launch Vehicle |
|
EMB |
Earth Moon Barycenter |
|
EMDM |
European Medical Device Manufacturer |
|
EME |
Earth-to-Moon-to-Earth |
|
EMP |
Ephemerides of Minor Planets |
|
EMP |
Extremely Metal-Poor |
|
emu |
Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit |
|
ENACS |
ESO Nearby Abell Cluster Survey |
|
ENE |
East North East |
|
EO |
Earth Observatory |
|
EOF |
End Of File |
|
EOL |
Earth Observing Laboratory (formerly ATD) |
|
EOL |
End Of Line |
|
EOR |
End of Record |
|
EOS |
Earth Observing System (U.S.) |
|
EOSL |
Earth Observation Systems Laboratory |
|
EOT |
End Of Tape |
|
EOY |
End-Of-Year |
|
EPAO |
Educational and Public Affairs Office |
|
EPD |
Energetic Particles Detector |
|
EPD |
Expected Planetary Differences |
|
EPIC |
Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera |
|
EPOS |
European Project on the Sun |
|
EPS |
Encapsulated Postscript |
|
ER |
Eastern Range |
|
ERBS |
Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
|
ERF |
Energy Rejection Filter |
|
ERO |
Extremely Red Object |
|
EROS |
Earth Resources Observation Satellite |
|
ERRSAC |
Eastern Regional Remote Sensing Applications Center |
|
ERS |
Earth Resources Satellite |
|
ESA |
European Space Agency |
|
ESABu |
European Space Agency Bulletin |
|
ESAJ |
European Space Agency Journal |
|
ESAST |
European Space Agency Scientific Technical Review |
|
ESB |
Engineering Support Branch |
|
ESDAC |
European Space Data Center |
|
ESIS |
ESA Space Information Systems |
|
ESIS |
European Space Information System |
|
ESO |
European Southern Observatory |
|
ESOAR |
European Southern Observatory Annual Reports |
|
ESOB |
European Southern Observatory Bulletin |
|
ESOC |
European Space Operations Center |
|
ESOSP |
European Southern Observatory Scientific Preprints |
|
ESOSR |
European Southern Observatory Scientific Report |
|
ESPI |
European Space Policy Institute |
|
ESRIN |
European Space Research Institute |
|
ESRO |
European Space Research Organisation |
|
ESS |
Engineering Support System |
|
EST |
Eastern Standard Time |
|
ESTEC |
European Space Research and Technology Centre |
|
ESTEC |
European Space Technology Center |
|
ESTEC |
European Space Research and Technology Center |
|
ESTP |
European Space Technology Platform |
|
ESTR |
Engineering and Science Tape Recorder |
|
ET |
Ephemeris Time (now obsolete) |
|
ET |
External Tank |
|
ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
|
ETC |
Estimated Time to Completion |
|
ETI |
Extraterrestrial Intelligence |
|
ETLA |
Extended Three Letter Acronym |
|
ETOL |
ESA Test and Operations Language |
|
ETR |
Eastern Test Range (ESME Preferred) |
|
ETR |
Engineering Tape Recorder |
|
ETRD |
Engineering Tape Recorded Data |
|
EU |
Engineering Unit |
|
EU |
Extended Universe |
|
EU |
European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC) |
|
EU |
Expanded Universe |
|
EUCOMED |
European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations |
|
EUDRA |
European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network |
|
EUSO |
Extreme Universe Space Observatory |
|
EUV |
Extreme Ultra-Violet 2 |
|
EUV |
Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical |
|
EUVE |
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite) |
|
EVA |
Extra-Vehicular Activity |
|
EVAC |
East Valley Astronomy Club |
|
EVGA |
European VLBI Group for Geodesy and Astrometry |
|
EVN |
European VLBI Network |
|
ExA |
Experimental Astronomy |
|
F |
Fraunhofer lines |
|
f |
Degrees Fahrenheit |
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F&CRe |
Flower and Cook Observatory Reprints |
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FAC |
Facilities |
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FACC |
Ford Aerospace Communications Corporation |
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FAHS |
Federation of American Health Systems |
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FAME |
Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer |
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FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak) |
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FAR |
Flight Acceptance Review |
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FAST |
Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer |
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FASTT |
Flagstaff Astrometric Scanning Transit Telescope |
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FAT |
File Allocation Table |
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FAT |
Filtered Array Technology |
|
FCC |
Fornax Cluster Catalog |
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FCPH |
Fundamentals of Cosmic Physics |
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FD |
File Descriptor |
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FD |
Flight Day |
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FDA |
Food Drug Administration |
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FDAMA |
FDA Modernization Act of 1997 |
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FDI |
failure detection and isolation |
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FDLI |
Food and Drug Law Institute |
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FDR |
Final Design Review |
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FEAT |
Fine Error Averaging Test |
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FEB |
Falling-Evaporating Body |
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FEM |
Finite Element Model |
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FES |
Fine Error Signal |
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ff |
Flat Field |
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FFD |
First Fixation Duration |
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FFI |
Full Frame Image |
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FFT |
Fast Fourier Transform |
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FGC |
Flat Galaxy Catalogue |
|
FGE |
Fine Guidance Electronics |
|
FGS |
Fine Guidance Sensors |
|
FGSAA |
FGS Access Area |
|
FHST |
fixed-head star tracker |
|
FIFO |
First In, First Out |
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FIGV |
Factor Inercial de Ganho solar do enVidracado |
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FIMS |
Fors Instrumental Mask Simulator |
|
FIPS |
Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer |
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FIR |
Far Infrared |
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FIRSSE |
Far Infrared Sky Survey Experiment |
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FIRST |
Far InfraRed and Submillimeter Space Telescope |
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FIRST |
Frontiers in Research: Space and Time |
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FIRST |
Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-centimeters |
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FITS |
Flexible Image Transport System |
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FK4 |
Fundamental Katalog 4 |
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FM |
Flight Model |
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FMS |
forms management system |
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FOC |
Faint Object Camera |
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FOCAS |
Faint Object Classification and Analysis System |
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FOP |
Friends Of Phobos |
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FORTRAN |
FORmula TRANslation (a computer language) |
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FOS |
Faint Object Spectrograph |
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FOV |
Field Of View (satellite) |
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FP |
Frozen Planet |
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FPA |
Floating Point Accelerator |
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FPA |
Focal Plane Assembly |
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FPAS |
FPA Shroud |
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FPSA |
FPA Structure Assembly |
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FQR |
Flight Qualification Review |
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FR |
Fanaroff-Riley |
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FRAS |
fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society |
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FRB(s) |
gamma ray burst(s) |
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FRC |
Flight Research Center |
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FRONT |
Front Range Observational Network Testbed |
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FRR |
Flight Readiness Review |
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FS |
Far Side |
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FSK |
Frequency Shift Keying |
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FSM |
First Servicing Mission |
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FSS |
Flight Servicing System |
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FTA |
Fault Tree Analysis |
|
FTC |
Federal Trade Commission (U.S.) |
|
FTE |
Full-Time Employee |
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FTETTM |
From The Earth To The Moon |
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FTL |
Faster Than Light |
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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FU |
Forces Unknown |
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FU |
Flight Unit |
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FWHM |
Full Width at Half Maximum |
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FY |
Fiscal Year |
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FYI |
For Your Information |
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G |
Gravity |
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GAAC |
Gloucester Area Astronomy Club |
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GAF |
Geographic Adjustment Factor |
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gam |
Global Astronomy Month |
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GAO |
Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office] |
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GAS |
Getaway Special |
|
GASA |
Graduate Astronomy Students Association |
|
GASP |
GSSS Archive Support Project |
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GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government) |
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GB |
Guide Brightness |
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GBT |
Green Bank Telescope |
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GC |
Galactic Center |
|
GCC |
Globular Cluster Candidate |
|
GCI |
geocentric intertial |
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GCP |
Good Clinical Practice |
|
GCVS |
General Catalog of Variable Stars |
|
GDS |
Great Dark Spot |
|
GDSO |
Georgi Dobrovolski Solar Observatory |
|
GE |
General Electric American Communications Inc. |
|
GEIS |
Generic Edited Information Set |
|
GEM |
Galileo Europa Mission |
|
GEM |
Giotto Extended Mission |
|
GEO |
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit |
|
GG |
Gravity Gradient |
|
GGC |
Giant Gravity Core |
|
GHA |
Greenwich Hour Angle |
|
GHRS |
Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph |
|
GHTF |
Global Harmonization Task Force |
|
GHz |
Gigahertz |
|
GHZ |
Galactic Habitable Zone |
|
GIF |
Graphic Interchange Format |
|
GIMP |
Geomagnetically Induced Motion Problem |
|
GIO |
graphics input/output |
|
GKS |
Graphic Kernel System |
|
GLOB |
Globular |
|
GLOMR |
Global Low-Orbiting Message Relay |
|
GLOW |
Gross Lift-Off Weight |
|
GLP |
Good Laboratory Practice |
|
GMC |
Giant Molecular Cloud |
|
GML |
Galactic Modeling Language |
|
GMOS |
Gemini Multi-Object Spectrographs |
|
GMP |
Good Manufacturing Practice |
|
GMRT |
Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope |
|
GMT |
Giant Magellan Telescope |
|
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu) |
|
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time (now obsolete) |
|
GN |
Galactic Nebula |
|
GO |
General Observer |
|
GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
|
GOES |
Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite |
|
GOX |
Gaseous Oxygen |
|
GPB |
Group Parameter Block |
|
GPC |
General Purpose Computer |
|
GPE |
Gravitational Potential Energy |
|
GPS |
Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR) |
|
GR |
General Relativity |
|
GR |
Galactic Rotation |
|
GRAB |
Galactic Radiation and Background |
|
GRAND |
Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector (NASA) |
|
GRB |
Gamma Ray Bursters |
|
GRB |
Gamma Ray Blast |
|
GRB(s) |
gamma ray burst(s) |
|
GRC |
Glenn Research Center |
|
GRO |
Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA) |
|
GRS |
Great Red Spot |
|
GRS |
Gamma Ray Spectrometer |
|
GRU |
Ground Replaceable Unit |
|
GSC |
Guide Star Catalog |
|
GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD) |
|
GSOWG |
Ground Systems Operations Working Group |
|
GSP |
General Support Pool |
|
GSPC |
Guide Star Photometry Catalog |
|
GSSS |
Guide Star Selection System |
|
GST |
Ground System Test |
|
GSY |
Galactic Standard Year |
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GT |
Galaxy Tour |
|
GTC |
Gran Telescopio Canario |
|
GTL |
Geometric Time Leverage |
|
GTO |
Geostationary Transfer Orbit |
|
GTO |
Guaranteed Time Observer |
|
GU |
Galactic Unit |
|
GVI |
Global Village Idiot |
|
GXY |
Galaxy |
|
HAACP |
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program |
|
HAC |
Huachuca Astronomy Club |
|
HAO |
High Altitude Observatory (NCAR) |
|
HB |
Hot Bands |
|
HBOP |
Hale-Bopp comet |
|
HCD |
High Consistency Discharge |
|
HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration |
|
HCIS |
Health Care Information System |
|
HCPCS |
Health Care Common Procedure Coding System |
|
HD |
Hilary Duff |
|
HDF |
Hubble Deep Field |
|
HDIF |
Health Care Data Interchange Format |
|
HDOS |
Hughes Danbury Optical Systems (Danbury CT) |
|
HEAO |
High Energy Astronomy Observatory |
|
HEDIS |
Healthplan Employee Data and Information |
|
HEO |
Highly Elliptical Orbit |
|
HERA |
Hermes Robotic Arm |
|
HESI |
High Energy Solar Imager |
|
HETE-2 |
high energy transient explorer |
|
HF |
High Frequency |
|
HFMA |
Healthcare Financial Management Association |
|
HFQPO(s) |
high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation(s) |
|
HGA |
High Gain Antennae |
|
HGD |
Hot Gas Discharge |
|
HHS |
Health and Human Services Department |
|
HIAA |
Health Insurance Association of America |
|
HIB |
Health Insurance Bureau (Japan) |
|
HIBCC |
Health Industry Business Communications Council |
|
HIDA |
Health Industry Distributors Association |
|
HIMSS |
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
|
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
|
HIPO |
Hierarchic Input-Process-Output |
|
HIRA |
Health Industry Representatives Association |
|
HIS |
Health Information Systems |
|
HIV |
Hair Is Vanishing. Amusing alternative interpretation (thanks EP) contrasting with the seriousness of the more usual meaning of Human Immunodeficiency Virus.HIVIHusband Is Village Idiot. (ODSA) Classic nurses' shorthand. |
|
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus I |
|
HKO |
Hong Kong Observatory |
|
HLC |
Heavy Lift Capability |
|
HLO |
High Light Output |
|
HLV |
Heavy Lift Vehicle |
|
HMC |
Halley Multicolor Camera |
|
HMO |
Health Maintenance Organization |
|
HMS |
High Mass Star |
|
HMSF |
High Mass Star Formation |
|
HOPPS |
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
|
Hotol |
Horizontal Takeoff and Landing Launcher |
|
HP |
Hewlett Packard's |
|
HPB |
Health Protection Board (Canada) |
|
HPR |
Hardware Problem Report |
|
HQ |
Headquarters (HDQ Preferred) |
|
HR |
Hertzsprung-Russell |
|
HR |
HUMAN RESOURCES |
|
HRA |
High Resolution Apodizer |
|
HRC |
High Resolution Camera |
|
HRD |
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (astronomy) |
|
HRG |
Hertling Ring Galaxy |
|
HRI |
High Resolution Imager |
|
HRMS |
High Resolution Microwave Survey (SETI, Project Phoenix) |
|
HRS |
High Resolution Spectrograph |
|
HRSA |
U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration |
|
HS |
horizontal system |
|
HSC |
Hierachical Storage Controller |
|
HSI |
Host System Interface |
|
HSP |
High Speed Photometer |
|
HSQB |
Health Standard and Quality Bureau |
|
HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
|
HTFA |
High Temperature Flowing Afterglow |
|
HTH |
Hope This Helps. Email abbreviation when replying to requests. Potentially counter-productive if the recipient doesn't understand what it means... |
|
HTHL |
Horizontal Takeoff Horizontal Landing |
|
HTML |
Hyptertext Markup Language |
|
HTVL |
Horizontal Takeoff Vertical Landing |
|
HUT |
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope |
|
HV |
High Voltage |
|
HVPS |
High Voltage Power Supply |
|
HVR |
Hyper-Variable Region |
|
HZ |
Habitable Zone |
|
Hz |
cycles per second (hertz) |
|
I/O |
Input/Output |
|
IAAC |
Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog |
|
IAO |
International Astronomy Olympiad |
|
IAPM |
International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers |
|
IAPPP |
International Amateur/Professional Photoelectric Photometry |
|
IARA |
Italian Amateur Radio Astronomy |
|
IAS |
Indiana Astronomical Society |
|
IAU |
International Astrophysical Union |
|
IAU |
International Astronomical Union |
|
IAUC |
IAU Circular |
|
Ib |
Interstellar Band |
|
IBBTF |
Imagination Baffled By The Facts |
|
ICCD |
Intensified Charge-Coupled Device |
|
ICD |
Interface Control Document |
|
ICD-9-CM |
International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition |
|
ICE |
International Cometary Explorer |
|
ICET |
International Center for Earth Tides |
|
ICF |
Intrinsic Correlation Function |
|
ICH |
International Conference of Harmonization |
|
ICRC |
International Cosmic Ray Conference |
|
ICSO |
International Conference on Space Optics |
|
ICV |
Illumination Chromacity Variation |
|
Id |
IDentifier |
|
IDA |
International Dark-Sky Association, Inc. |
|
IDE |
Investigational Device Exemption |
|
IDL |
Interactive Data Language |
|
IDM |
Intelligent Database Machine |
|
IDMP |
International Daylight Measurement Program |
|
IDT |
Investigation Definition Team |
|
IDT |
Instrument Development Team |
|
IDT |
Image Dissector Tube |
|
IDTF |
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility |
|
IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
|
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. |
|
IES |
Institute of Environmental Sciences |
|
IETI |
Invitation to ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence |
|
IFA |
Institute for Astronomy |
|
IFCC |
International Federation of Clinical Chemists |
|
IFO |
Identified Flying Object (see Also UFO) |
|
IFOV |
Instantaneous Field Of View |
|
IFT |
Inverse Fourier Transform |
|
IG |
Inter-Galactic |
|
IgI |
Interactive Graphics Interpreter |
|
IGM |
Intergalactic Medium |
|
IGY |
International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958) |
|
IIPS |
Interactive Image Processing System |
|
IIRC |
If I Recall Correctly |
|
ILOC |
International Lunar Occultation Center |
|
ILRT |
intermediate-luminosity red transients |
|
IMAGE |
Imager for Magnetopause to Auroral Global Exploration |
|
IMBH |
Intermediate-Mass Black Hole |
|
IMDA |
Independent Medical Distributors Association |
|
IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
|
Imio |
Image Input/Output |
|
IMO |
International Meteor Organization |
|
IMOA |
International Museum of Astronomy |
|
IMSL |
International Mathematical and Statistical Library |
|
INDA |
Investigational New Drug Application |
|
INFOL |
Ingredient Necessary FOr Life |
|
ING |
imagining new gastronomy |
|
INS |
Inertial Navigation System |
|
INSY |
International Near Space Year |
|
INTEGRAL |
International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory |
|
IO |
Interacting Object |
|
IOA |
Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge) |
|
IOLM |
International Organization of Legal Metrology |
|
IOTA |
International Occultation Timing Association |
|
IOTA |
Infrared-Optical Telescope Array |
|
IP |
Internet Protocol |
|
IPA |
Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences |
|
IPA |
Individual Practice Association |
|
IPAC |
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center |
|
IPC |
Inter Planetary Commission |
|
Ipc |
Interprocess Communication |
|
IPE |
Initial Pointing Error |
|
IPEM |
Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine |
|
IPMO |
Isolated Planetary-Mass Objects |
|
IPN |
InterPanetary Internet |
|
IPNPR |
Interplanetary Network Progress Report |
|
IPNS |
Intense Pulsed Neutron Source |
|
IPPPSSOOT |
file naming convention for HST data sets |
|
IPPW |
International Planetary Probe Workshop |
|
IPS |
Inches Per Second |
|
IPS |
Inertial Pointing System |
|
IQL |
Interactive Query Language |
|
IQSY |
International Quiet Sun Year |
|
IR |
Infrared |
|
IRA |
Infrared Astronomy |
|
IRAC |
International Radio Advisory Committee |
|
IRAC |
Infrared Array Camera |
|
IRAF |
Image Reduction and Analisys Facility |
|
IRAF |
Image Reduction Analysis Facility |
|
IRAIT |
International Robotic Antarctic Infrared Telescope |
|
IrAJ |
Irish Astronomical Journal |
|
IrAJS |
Irish Astronomical Journal Supplement |
|
IRAM |
Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimetrique |
|
IRAS |
Infrared Astronomy Satellite |
|
IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
|
IRBS |
Infrared Background Sensor |
|
IRCS |
Infrared Camera and Spectrograph |
|
IRD |
Interface Requirements Document |
|
IRDC |
Infrared Dark Cloud |
|
IRFNA |
Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid |
|
IRIS |
InfraRed Imaging Surveyor |
|
IRS |
International Reference Star |
|
IRSA |
Infrared Science Archive |
|
IRTF |
Infrared Telescope Facility |
|
ISAS |
Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan) |
|
ISBRv |
International Space Business Review |
|
ISEE |
International Sun Earth Explorer |
|
ISEE |
International Sun-Earth Explorer |
|
ISF |
Industrial Space Facility |
|
ISGRI |
INTEGRAL Soft Gamma-Ray Imager |
|
ISM |
Interstellar Medium |
|
ISN |
International Supernovae Network |
|
Iso |
Imaging Spectrometic Observatory |
|
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
|
ISO |
Infrared Space Observatory |
|
ISO 14155 |
Current Widely Accepted Standard |
|
ISPM |
International Solar Polar Mission |
|
ISPP |
In-Situ Propellant Production |
|
ISR |
Instrument Science Report |
|
ISRO |
Indian Space Research Organisation |
|
ISS |
International Space Station |
|
ISSA |
Infrared Sky Survey Atlas |
|
IsSRT |
Israel Space Research and Technology Information Bulletin |
|
ISTAHC |
International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care |
|
ISTeC |
International Small Telescope Cooperative |
|
ISTS |
Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science |
|
ISU |
International Space University |
|
ISV |
Inter-Stellar Void |
|
ISY |
International Space Year (1992) |
|
ITA |
Institute of Theoretical Astronomy |
|
ITF |
Intensity Transfer Function |
|
ITT |
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation |
|
ITU |
Infrared Telescope Unit |
|
IU |
Interface Unit |
|
IUE |
International Ultraviolet Explorer |
|
IUEDAC |
IUE satellite Data Analysis Center |
|
IUEEN |
IUE ESA Newsletter |
|
IUENN |
IUE NASA Newsletter |
|
Iuesips |
Iue Spectral Image Processing System |
|
IUS |
Inertial UPper Stage (was Interim UPper Stage) |
|
IV |
intra vehicular |
|
IVC |
Institute Visiting Committee |
|
IWCA |
International Workshop on Cometary Astronomy |
|
IWG |
Interface Working Group |
|
IYA |
International Year of Astronomy |
|
Jaame |
Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment |
|
JAAVSO |
Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers |
|
JAC |
Joint Astronomy Centre |
|
JAC |
Japan Astronomical Circular |
|
JAD |
Journal of Astronomical Data |
|
JAHH |
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage |
|
JALPO |
Journal of the Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers |
|
JAMA |
Journal of the American Medical Association |
|
JAnSc |
Journal of Astronautical Sciences |
|
JApA |
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy |
|
JApAS |
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy Supplement |
|
JAPOA |
Japan Amateur Photoelectric Observers Association |
|
JASAC |
Japan Astronomical Study Association Circulars |
|
JASEg |
Journal of the Astronomical Society of Egypt |
|
JASS |
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences |
|
JASV |
Journal of the Astronomical Society of Victoria Melbourne |
|
JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration System |
|
JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
|
JBAA |
Journal of the British Astronomical Association |
|
JBAn |
Jodrell Bank Annals |
|
JBAS |
Journal of the British Astronomical Society |
|
JBIS |
Journal of the British Interplanetary Society |
|
JBRe |
Jodrell Bank Reprints |
|
JC |
Jupiter Crosser |
|
JCAHO |
Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
|
JCAP |
Journal of Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics |
|
JCCT |
Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China) |
|
JCMT |
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope |
|
JCT |
Jordan Cosmological Theory |
|
JD |
Julian Date |
|
JDSO |
Journal of Double Star Observations |
|
JEM |
Japanese Experiment Module |
|
JET-X |
Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy |
|
JETRO |
Japan External Trade Organization |
|
JFC |
Jupiter Family Comets |
|
JFMDA |
Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations |
|
JGR |
Journal of Geophysical Research |
|
JHA |
Journal for the History of Astronomy |
|
JHAS |
Journal for the History of Astronomy Supplement |
|
JHIT |
Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance |
|
JHU |
The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) |
|
JILA |
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics |
|
JIMO |
Journal of the International Meteor Organization |
|
JKAS |
Journal of Korean Astronomical Society |
|
JKT |
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope |
|
JOP |
Joint Observing Program |
|
JOP |
Jupiter Orbiter Probe |
|
JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA) |
|
JRASC |
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |
|
JRASN |
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand |
|
JSAR |
Journal of Space Astronomy Research |
|
JSC |
Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX) |
|
JSGA |
Japan Spaceguard Association |
|
JVO |
Japanese Virtual Observatory |
|
JWST |
James Webb Space Telescope |
|
K |
Kilo- |
|
k |
Kilogram |
|
K |
Kelvin (absolute temperature scale) |
|
KAIT |
Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope |
|
KAO |
Kuiper Airborne Observatory |
|
KB |
Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second |
|
KBO |
Kuiper Belt Object |
|
KCAO |
Kumamoto Civil Astronomical Observatory |
|
kg |
Kilogram |
|
KHz |
kilohertz (1000 cycles per second) |
|
KIC |
Kepler Input Catalog |
|
km |
Kilometres |
|
Km |
Kilometer (1,000 meters) |
|
KodOB |
Kodaikanal Observatory Bulletins |
|
KodRe |
Kodaikanal Observatory Reprints |
|
KP |
Kitt Peak |
|
KPNO |
Kitt Peak National Observatory (Tucson, AZ) |
|
KSC |
John F. Kennedy Space Center |
|
KTB |
Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary |
|
l |
Lagrange |
|
l |
Luyten |
|
LAC |
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation |
|
LAD-C |
Large Area Debris Collector |
|
LADC |
Longitudinal Atmospheric Dispersion Compensator |
|
LAIRT |
Large-Aperture Infrared Telescope |
|
LAL |
LALande |
|
LAMMR |
large-antenna multichannel microwave radiometer |
|
LAMO |
low altitude mapping orbit |
|
LAMOST |
Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope |
|
LAMP |
Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project |
|
LAN |
Local Area Network |
|
LAN |
Local Apparent Noon |
|
LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
|
LAPSS |
Large-Area Pulse Solar Simulator |
|
LaRC |
Langley Research Center (NASA) |
|
LAS |
Laboratoire Astronomie Spatiale |
|
LASCO |
Large Angle Spectrometric Coronograph |
|
LASER |
Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser) |
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LASS |
large-amplitude space simulator |
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LAT |
Large Area Telescope |
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LawOB |
Laws Observatory Bulletin |
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LB |
Long Base |
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LBLRR |
LBL Research Review |
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LBN |
Lynds Bright Nebula |
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LBNL |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US) |
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LBT |
Large Binocular Telescope |
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LBV |
Luminous Blue Variable |
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LBVS |
Luminous blue variable |
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LC |
Las Campanas observatory |
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LCC |
Launch Control Center (KSC) |
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LCDM |
Lambda Cold Dark Matter |
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LCG |
light curve generator |
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LCROSS |
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite |
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LCRS |
Las Campanas Redshift Survey |
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LDE |
Long Duration Event |
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LDE |
Long Decay Event |
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LDEF |
Long Duration Exposure Facility (for Spacecraft Material Testing) |
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LDEO |
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
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LDN |
Lynds Dark Nebulae |
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LDS |
Luyten Double Star |
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LED |
law enforcement desk; light emitting diode |
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LEGRI |
Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager |
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LEM |
Lunar Excursion Module |
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LENA |
Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy |
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LEND |
Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector |
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LEO |
Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications) |
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LERC |
Lewis Research Center |
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LEST |
Large Earth-based Solar Telescope |
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LETGS |
Low Energy Transmission Gratings Spectrometer |
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LF |
Luminosity Function |
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LFAE |
Light Field Attribute Explorer |
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LFSA |
List of Frequently Seen Acronyms |
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LFT |
Luyten Five-Tenths |
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LGA |
Low Gain Antenna |
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LGM |
Little Green Men |
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LGRB(s) |
long gamma ray burst(s) |
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LGS |
Local Group Survey |
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LH |
Liquid Hydrogen |
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LHA |
Local Hour Angle |
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LHEA |
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics |
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LHS |
Luyten Half-Second |
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LIC |
local interstellar cloud |
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LicOB |
Lick Observatory Bulletin |
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LIGO |
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory |
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LINEAR |
Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research |
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LINER |
Low Ionization Nuclear Emission Region |
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LIRG |
Luminous Infrared Galaxy |
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LITVC |
Liquid Injection Thrust Vector Control |
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LLAGN |
Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus |
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LLC |
Limited Liability Partnership |
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LLNL |
Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory |
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LLO |
Low Lunar Orbit |
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LM |
Low Mass |
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LM |
Lunar Module |
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LM&SS |
Lunar Mapping and Scientific Survey |
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LMC |
Large Magellanic Cloud |
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LMS |
Lower Main Sequence |
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LMSC |
Lockheed Missile and Space Corporation |
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LMSS |
Lunar Mapping and Survey System |
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LMST |
Local Mean Sidereal Time |
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LMT |
Large Millimeter Telescope |
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LMXB |
Low-Mass X-Ray Binary |
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LN2 |
liquid N2 |
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LNSP |
Lecture Notes and Supplements in Physics |
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LOD |
Length of Day |
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LOE |
Level Of Effort |
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LOFAR |
Low Frequency Array |
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LOFAR |
Low-Frequency Array |
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LOI |
Lunar Orbit Insertion |
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LONEOS |
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search |
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LOR |
Lunar Orbit Rendezvous |
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LOS |
Line Of Sight |
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LOSS |
Lick Observatory Supernova Search |
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LOTIS |
Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System |
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LOTOSS |
Lick Observatory and Tenagra Observatory Supernova Searches |
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LowOB |
Lowell Observatory Bulletin |
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LOX |
Liquid Oxygen |
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LP |
Lonely Planet |
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LP |
Luyten Palomar |
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LPC |
Long Period Comets |
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LPCI |
Lunar Phases Concept Inventory |
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LPI |
Lunar and Planetary Institute |
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LPICo |
Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions |
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LPL |
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory |
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LPO |
La Palma Observatory |
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LPS |
Launch Processing System |
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LPV |
Long Period Variable |
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LR |
Long Radius |
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LRB |
Liquid Rocket Booster |
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LRG |
Luminous Red Galaxy |
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LRO |
Large Radio Observatory |
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LRO |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter |
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LRSP |
Living Reviews in Solar Physics |
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LS |
List Star |
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LS/ST |
Light Shield/Star Tracker |
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LSA |
Large Science Aperture |
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LSB |
Low Surface Brightness |
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LSF |
Line Spread Function |
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LSG |
Liaison Scientists Group |
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LSO |
Large Solar Observatory |
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LSR |
Local Standard of Rest |
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LSST |
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope |
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LST |
Large Stellar Telescope |
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LST |
Large Space Telescope |
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LST |
Local Sidereal Time |
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LSVT |
Large Solar Vacuum Telescope |
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LTE |
Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
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LTM |
Like The Moon |
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LTP |
Lunar Transient Phenomenon |
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LTSA |
Long-Term Space Astrophysics |
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LTT |
Luyten Two-Tenths |
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LUNNO |
Lunar Upper Navigation Nacelle Orb |
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LUT |
Lookup Table |
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LV |
Lunette Verte |
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LVPS |
Low Voltage Power Supply |
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LWP |
Long Wavelength Primary |
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LWR |
Long Wavelength Redundant |
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LWS |
Long-Wave Spectrograph |
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LWS |
Long Wavelength Spectrometer |
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m |
Mira |
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M |
Messier |
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m |
Meter |
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M&P |
Materials and Processes |
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m&p |
Moon and Planets |
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M&PS |
Meteoritics and Planetary Science |
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M&R |
Maintenance and Refurbishment |
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ma |
Medical Alley |
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MACHO |
Massive Astronomical Compact Halo Object |
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MACHO |
Massive Compact Halo Object |
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MACO |
Mars Atmospheric Constellation Observatory |
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MACRO |
Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory |
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MACRO |
Monopoles, Astrophysics, and Cosmic Ray Observatory |
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MadOb |
Madras Observatory Observations |
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MadOO |
Madras Observatory Astronomical Observations |
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MAFI |
Medical Alert Foundation International |
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MAG |
Magnitude |
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MAGIC |
Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope |
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MARS |
MOUNTAIN ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH SECTION |
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mas |
milliarcsecond |
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MASER |
microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation |
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MassMEDIC |
Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council |
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MAST |
Multimission Archive at Space Telescope |
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MB |
Megabyte |
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MBA |
Main-Belt Asteroid |
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MBBNet |
Minnesota Biomedical Business Network |
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MBH |
Massive Black Hole |
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MCC |
Mission Control Center (JSC) |
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MCD |
Minimum Cost Design |
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mCG |
Morphological Catalog of Galaxies |
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MCO |
Mars Climate Orbiter |
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MCSA |
Mir Cooperative Solar Array |
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MD |
Matter Dominated |
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MDA |
Medical Device Amendments |
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MDB |
multiplexed data bus |
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MDC |
Major Diagnostics Category |
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MDD |
Medical Device Directive |
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MDDI |
Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry |
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MDI |
Michelson Doppler Imager |
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MDMA |
Medical Device Manufacturers Association |
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MDR |
Medical Device Register |
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MDR |
Medical Device Reports |
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MDRS |
Mars Desert Research Station |
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MDS |
Medium Deep Survey |
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MECO |
Magnetospheric Eternally Collapsing Object |
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MECO |
Main Engine Cutoff |
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MEDEC |
Medical Devices Canada |
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MedGV |
Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law |
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MEDMARC |
Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd. |
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MeDSuN |
Medical Device Surveillance Network |
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MeeRe |
Kenneth Mees Observatory Reprints |
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MEI |
Medical Economic Index |
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MelAR |
Melbourne Observatory Annual Report |
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MelOO |
Melbourne Observatory Observations |
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MEM |
Meteoroid Exposure Module |
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MEM |
Maximum Entropy Method |
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MEPAG |
Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group |
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MEPCO |
Meeting of European Planetary and Cometary Observers |
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MER |
Mars Exploration Rover |
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MERIS |
Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
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Mev |
million electron volts |
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MEV |
Mars Excursion Vehicle |
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MFP |
magnetic field perturbation theory |
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MFPE |
Mission from Planet Earth |
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MFR |
Manipulator Foot Restraint |
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MG |
Meteor Garden |
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MGC |
Millennium Galaxy Catalogue |
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MGMA |
Medical Group Management Association |
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MGS |
Mars Global Surveyor |
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MHD |
Magnetohydrodynamic |
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MHGL |
Mexican Hat Gravitational Lens |
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MHW |
Ministry of Health and Welfare |
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MHZ |
Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second) |
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MI |
Maximum Influence |
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MIAA |
Medical Industry Association of Australia |
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MICO |
Multi-year Interactive Computer Almanac |
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MicRe |
University of Michigan Observatory Reprints |
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