Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Astronomy’
- Code
-
Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- JApA
-
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
- JApAS
-
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy Supplement
- JBAA
-
Journal of the British Astronomical Association
- JBAS
-
Journal of the British Astronomical Society
- JBAn
-
Jodrell Bank Annals
- JBRe
-
Jodrell Bank Reprints
- JCAP
-
Journal of Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics
- JDSO
-
Journal of Double Star Observations
- JEPP
-
Japan EOS Promotion Program
- JGeod
-
Journal of Geodesy
- JHA
-
Journal for the History of Astronomy
- JHAS
-
Journal for the History of Astronomy - Supplement
- JILA
-
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (https://jila.colorado.edu/)
- JIMO
-
Journal of the International Meteor Organization
- JKAS
-
Journal of Korean Astronomical Society
- JO
-
Journal des Observateurs
- JOP
-
Jupiter Orbiter Probe
- JPRS
-
Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
The abbreviation JPRS (Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) is included in the abbreviation IJPRS (International Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).
- 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
- JWUDF
-
Jahns Wöchentliche Unterhaltungen für Dilettanten und Freunde der Astronomie, Geographie und Witterungskunde
- KAM
-
Kansas Association of Mappers (https://www.kansasmappers.org/)
- KPLO
-
Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter
- KPM
-
Kometen, Planetoiden, Meteore
- KPNO
-
Kitt Peak National Observatory
- KVeBB
-
Kleine Veröffentlichungen der Universitätssternwarte zu Berlin-Babelsberg
- KodOB
-
Kodaikanal Observatory Bulletins
- KodRe
-
Kodaikanal Observatory Reprints
- KomMe
-
Komety i Meteory
- KosIs
-
Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia
- KosNT
-
Kosmicheskaia Nauka i Tekhnika
- LAGEOS
-
LAser GEOdynamics Satellite (https://lageos.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov/)
- LAIRT
-
Large-Aperture Infrared Telescope
- LAITUE
-
L'Association Interdoctorant en Terre Univers Environnement
- LAMMR
-
Large-Antenna Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
- LAMP
-
Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project
- LAPSS
-
Large-Area Pulse Solar Simulator
- LAREG
-
Laboratoire de Recherche en Géodésie
- LARSSYAA
-
Laboratory for Application of Remote Sensing Aircraft Analysis
- LASCO
-
Large Angle Spectrometric Coronograph
- LASS
-
Large-Amplitude Space Simulator
- LBLRR
-
LBL Research Review
- LBS
-
Location-Based Services
- LCROSS
-
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
- LDEC
-
Lunar Docking Events Controller
- LDEO
-
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/)
- LEADS
-
LWIR Exoatmospheric Discrimination Study
- LEE
-
Location Estimation Error
- LEGRI
-
Low Energy Gamma Ray Imager
- LEM
-
Lunar Excursion Module
- LEND
-
Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector
- LER
-
Lunar Eyepiece Receptacle
- LEV
-
Lunar Excursion Vehicle
- LFV
-
Lunar Flying Vehicle
- LGM-1
-
Little Green Men 1
- LLO
-
Low Lunar Orbit
- LLR
-
Lunar Laser Ranging
- LM
-
Lunar Module
The abbreviation LM (Lunar Module) is included in the abbreviation LMDE (Lunar Module Descent Engine).
- LM&SS
-
Lunar Mapping and Scientific Survey
- LMC
-
Large Magellanic Cloud
LMC is equivalent to GNM (Grand Nuage de Magellan) in French.
- LMDE
-
Lunar Module Descent Engine
The abbreviation LMDE (Lunar Module Descent Engine) includes the abbreviation LM (Lunar Module).
- LMSS
-
Lunar Mapping and Survey System
- LNSP
-
Lecture Notes and Supplements in Physics
- LOI
-
Lunar Orbit Insertion
- LOR
-
Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
- LOSS
-
Lunar Orbital Space Station
The abbreviation LOSS (Lunar Orbital Space Station) includes the abbreviation SS (Space Station).
- LPICo
-
Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions
- LRO
-
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- LRO
-
Large Radio Observatory
- LRSP
-
Living Reviews in Solar Physics
- LRV
-
Lunar Roving Vehicle
- LS/ST
-
Light Shield/Star Tracker
- LSO
-
Large Solar Observatory
- LST
-
Large Space Telescope
- LST
-
Large Stellar Telescope
- LTV
-
Lunar Transfer Vehicle
- LaRC
-
(NASA) Langley Research Center (www.larc.nasa.gov)
- LawOB
-
Laws Observatory Bulletin
- LicOB
-
Lick Observatory Bulletin
- LowOB
-
Lowell Observatory Bulletin
- LyoBu
-
Bulletin de l'Observatoire de Lyon
- M&P
-
Moon and Planets
- M&PS
-
Meteoritics and Planetary Science
- MAGIC
-
Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope
- MAUTx
-
University of Texas Monographs in Astronomy
- MDRS
-
Mars Desert Research Station
- MED
-
Mayall Engineering Database
- MEM
-
Meteoroid Exposure Module
- MEO
-
Mid Earth Orbit
- MEV
-
Mars Excursion Vehicle
- MFPE
-
Mission From Planet Earth
- MIDSIM
-
Midcourse Exoatmospheric Event-Based Simulator
- MIMPE
-
Modern Instrumentation and Measurements in Physics and Engineering
- MIPIR
-
Missile Impact Pointing Imaging Radar
- MITS
-
Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
- MITTS
-
Mobile IGOR Tracking Telescope System
- MKAtl
-
Astrophysics Monographs, University of Chicago Press
- MMAAR
-
Maria Mitchell Association Annual Report
- MNRAS
-
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- MNSSA
-
Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa
- MOC
-
Mystérieux Objets Célestes
- MOMIE
-
Mars Organic Matter Irradiation and Evolution
- MOSPO
-
Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
- MPBu
-
Minor Planet Bulletin
- MPC
-
Minor Planet Circulars
- MPEC
-
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
- MPS
-
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (www.mps.mpg.de)
- MRSR
-
Mars Rover Sample Return
- MSAIQ
-
Societa Astronomica Italiana - Memorie Quarter
- MSOG
-
Meetkundige - Schatter van Onroerende Goederen
- MSX
-
Midcourse Space Experiment
- MTACI
-
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Csillagvizsgáló Intézete
- MTPE
-
Mission To Planet Earth
- MVM
-
Mariner Venus/Mercury
- MWO
-
Mount Wilson Observatory
The abbreviation MWO (Mount Wilson Observatory) is included in the abbreviation MWOAR (Mount Wilson Observatory Annual Report).
- MWOAR
-
Mount Wilson Observatory Annual Report
The abbreviation MWOAR (Mount Wilson Observatory Annual Report) includes the abbreviation MWO (Mount Wilson Observatory).
- MadOO
-
Madras Observatory Astronomical Observations
- MadOb
-
Madras Observatory Observations
- ManGe
-
Manuscripta Geodaetica
- MarGe
-
Marine Geodesy
- MeUpp
-
Meddelanden från Astronomiska Observatorium Uppsala
- MeeRe
-
Kenneth Mees Observatory Reprints
- MelAR
-
Melbourne Observatory Annual Report
- MelOO
-
Melbourne Observatory Observations
- MiARI
-
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg Mitteilungen
- MiGoe
-
Astronomische Mitteilungen der Universitäts-Sternwarte zu Göttingen
- MiZur
-
Astronomische Mitteilungen der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte Zürich
- MicRe
-
University of Michigan Observatory Reprints
- MmASI
-
Memoirs of the Astronomical Society of India
- MmBAA
-
Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association
- MmEbr
-
Mémoires de l'Observatoire de l'Ebre
- MmKMO
-
Memoirs Of The Kakioka Magnetic Observatory
- MmRAS
-
Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society
- MmSAI
-
Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana
- MonAP
-
Communications du Département d'Astrophysique de la Faculté des Sciences de Mons
- MtSOM
-
Mount Stromlo Observatory Mimeographs
- MtSRe
-
Mount Stromlo Observatory Reprints
- MtWAR
-
Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatory Annual Report
- MtWRe
-
Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatory Reprints
- MŰI
-
Magyar Űrkutatási Iroda
- NAOJ
-
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (https://www.nao.ac.jp/)
- NASA
-
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (www.nasa.gov)
- NASAC
-
NASA Conference Publication
- NASAL
-
NASA Circular Letter
- NASAR
-
NASA Reference Publication
- NASAS
-
NASA Special Publication
- NASDA
-
National Space Development Agency
- NASM
-
National Air and Space Museum (https://airandspace.si.edu/)
- NATi
-
Nordisk Astronomisk Tidsskrift
- NAVT
-
NASA Altimeter Verification Telemetry
- NAZ
-
Nachrichtenblatt der Astronomischen Zentralstelle Heidelberg
- NCOS
-
National Commission On Space
- ND
-
NASA Document
- NDGPS
-
Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System
The abbreviation NDGPS (Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System) includes the abbreviation GPS (Global Positioning System).
- NEAF
-
North East Astronomy Forum
- NEEDS
-
NASA End-To-End Data System
- NERSC
-
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
- NGF
-
Nivellement Général de la France
- NIUNA
-
Napoli, Istituto Universitario Navale, Annali
- NOAO
-
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
- NOHIC
-
Nizamiah JAPAL Rangapur Observatories Hyderabad India Contributions
- NPE
-
Navigation Pédestre à l’Estime
- NRALT
-
NASA Radar Altimeter
The abbreviation NRALT (NASA Radar Altimeter) includes the abbreviation RALT (Radar Altimeter).
- NRAOR
-
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Reprints
- NRSC
-
National Remote Sensing Centre
- NSC
-
Navigational Star Catalog
- NSI
-
NASA Science Internet
- NSIF
-
Near-Space Instrumentation Facility
- NSL
-
Northrop Space Laboratory
- NSO
-
National Solar Observatory
- NSSCC
-
NORAD Space Surveillance Computation Center
- NSSDC
-
National Space Science Data Center
- NSTL
-
National Space Technology Laboratories
- NTE
-
Navigation Telemetry Encoder
- NTF
-
Nouvelle Triangulation Française
- NV
-
NASA Altimeter Verification
- NVS
-
Nachrichtenblatt der Vereinigung der Sternfreunde
- NapCo
-
Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte Napoli - Contributi Astronomici
- NewAR
-
New Astronomy Review
- NizRe
-
Nizamiah Observatory Reprints
- NuSTAR
-
Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
- NÖC
-
Neptün Ötesi Cisim
NÖC is equivalent to TNO (Trans-Neptunian Object) in English, OTN (Objet Transneptunien) in French, TNO (Transneptunisches Objekt) in German, TNO (Transneptuna Objekto) in Esperanto, TNO (Transneptunsk Objekt) in Norwegian, ТНО (Транснепту́новый объе́кт) in Russian.
- OAC
-
Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba (https://oac.unc.edu.ar/)
- OAO
-
Orbital Astronomical Observatory
- OAP
-
Odessa Astronomical Publications
- OARE
-
Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment
- OAUW
-
Obserwatorium Astronomicznego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
- OCA
-
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (https://www.oca.eu/fr/)
- ODF
-
Orbit Determination Facility
- OEJV
-
Open European Journal on Variable Stars
- OGC
-
Open Geospatial Consortium
- OGC
-
OpenGIS Consortium
- OGE
-
Ordre des Géomètres Experts
- OHP
-
Observatoire de Haute-Provence (www.obs-hp.fr)
- OL
-
Oosterlengte
- OMP
-
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (https://www.omp.eu/)
- ONA
-
Observatorio Nacional Argentino
- ONRAS
-
Occasional Notes of the Royal Astronomical Society
- OPM
-
Outer Planet Mission