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Updated 10/5/00

List of Acronyms, Abbreviations and Units

abs
ACRIM
ARC
AU

AXAF
CaII
CCD
COROT
Co-I
Dec
deg
DLT
DSN
EEV
EOM
EPS
ESA
FAME
FAQ
FITS
FOV
frac
GIF
HET
HI
HII
HST
HZ
IR
LED
LHS
LOS
MB
M
e
M
J
MMTO
MOST
M
o
m
v
Myrs
NAS
NASA
NEAR
NGST
nm

NRC
OCLI
OSS
pc

pdf
PI
pix
ppm
PSF
PZT
QTH
RA
R
e
R
J
rel
RSS
RTD
SAO
SETI
SIM
SIRTF
SMM
SNR
SOFIA
SSED
SOHO
STScI
SWG
TBD
TEU
TLA
TPF
USNO
UV
VIRGO
yr
absolute
Active Cavity Radiometer for Irradiance Monitoring
Ames Research Center
astronomical unit = 1.5 x 108 km
Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility
singlely ionized calcium
charge-coupled device
COnvection and ROTation of stars
Co-Investigator
declination
degrees
digital linear tape
Deep Space Network
English Electronic Valve
end of mission
encapsulated postscript format
European Space Agency
Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer
frequently asked questions
flexible information transport system
field-of-view
fractional
graphics interchange format
Hobby-Eberly Telescope
neutral hydrogen
ionized hydrogen
Hubble Space Telescope
Habitable Zone
infrared
light emitting diode
Lawrence Hall of Science
line of sight
megabytes
An Earth mass

A Jupiter mass= 318 Me
Smithsonian/U Arizona MMT Observatory
Micro-variability and Oscillations of STars
One solar mass

visual magnitude

millions of years
National Academy of Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Near Earth Astroid Rendezvous
Next Generation Space Telescope
nanometers = 10-9 meters
National Research Council
Optical Coating Labs Inc
Office of Space Science
parsec = 3.1 x 1016 meters
portable document format
Principal Investigator
pixel
parts per million
point spread function
piezoelectric transducer
quartz-tungsten-halogen lamp
right ascension
one Earth radius

one Jupiter radius = 11.2 R
e
relative
root sum square
resistance temperature detector
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
Space Interferometry Mission
Space InfraRed Telescope Facility
Solar Maximum Mission
signal-to-noise ratio
Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy
Solar System Exploration Division
SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory
Space Telescope Science Institute
Science Working Group
to be determined
thermoelectric unit
Three Letter Acronym
Terrestrial Planet Finder
United States Naval Observatory
ultraviolet
Variability of solar IRradiance and Gravity Oscillations on SOHO
year

 



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