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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!
>
>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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