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(meteorobs) Re: Abbreviations (LOOONG!)
At 16.40 01/09/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>At Malcolm Currie's suggestion, I also compiled a list of ORGANIZATIONS
>frequently abbreviated on our list. Hope this is helpful!
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>IMO International Meteor Organization
>WGN Official IMO periodical (stands for "Werkgroupniews")
>VMDB IMO's Visual Meteor Database
>IMC IMO's annual International Meteor Conference
>FIDAC IMO's FIreball DAta Center
>AMS American Meteor Society - founded 1911!
>NAMN North American Meteor Network - AMS affiliate
>MGH Meteor Group Hawaii - AMS affiliate
>NJAA New Jersey Astro Assoc - AMS affiliate
>BMS British Meteor Society (now defunct?)
>SPA Society for Popular Astronomy (UK)
>SPAMS SPA Meteor Section
>BAAMS British Astronomical Association - Meteor Section
>RAS Royal Astronomical Society (UK)
>RASC Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
>MIAC Canada's "Meteorite and Impacts Advisory Committee"
>AKM Germany's "Arbeitskreis Meteore"
>AMR Germany's "Arbeitsgruppe Meteore Radebeul"
>SOMYCE Spanish Meteor Society
>DMS Dutch Meteor Society
>NVWS Dutch Assoc for Meteorology & Astronomy
>WGM Meteor Section (WGM) of the "NVWS"
>NMS Nippon Meteor Society
>JAS Jordanian Astronomical Society
>ALPOMS Assoc. of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteor Section
>RMOB Radio Meteor Observing Bulletin
>IAU International Astronomical Union
>IAUC22 IAU's "Commision 22" on "Meteors and Interplanetary Dust"
>AL Astronomical League (US)
>ALMC AL Meteor Club
Add : UAI-sm Unione Astrofili Italiani - Meteor Section
Bye
# Enrico S t o m e o
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Unione Astrofili Italiani - Sezione Meteore
http://astrolink.mclink.it/uai/sez_met
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