| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAMS | Space Acceleration Measurement System |
| RNGC | Revised New General Catalog |
| SSBUV | Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment |
| MCCC | Maragone Convection On Closed Containers |
| FUSE | Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
| SR | Special Relativity |
| AIRS | Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
| JGR | Journal Of Geophysical Research |
| PSR | PulSaR |
| SOHO | SOlar Heliospheric Observatory |