| Acronym | Meaning |
| FOS | Faint Object Spectrograph |
| TPCE | Tank Pressure Control Experiment |
| IRAS | InfraRed Astronomical Satellite |
| MNRAS | Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society |
| IBSS | Infrared Background Signature Survey |
| APT | Automatic Picture Transmission |
| AMOS | Air Force Maui Optical System |
| CM | Center Of Mass |
| SPH | Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics |
| KAO | Kuiper Airborne Observatory |