Astronomy Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Astronomy Acronyms

  • VPF — Vertical Processing Facility
  • VRM — Venus Radar Mapper
  • VS — SNGVooruzhennikh Sil SNG
  • VTHL — Vertical Takeoff Horizontal Landing
  • VTVL — Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing
  • VVS — Voenno-Vosdushniye Sili
  • WD — White Dwarf
  • WFF — Wallops Flight Facility
  • WFPC — Wide Field/Planetary Camera
  • WFPCII — Replacement For WFPC
  • WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
  • WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
  • WIYN — Wisconsin/Indiana/Yale/NOAO Telescope
  • WMO — World Meterological Organisation
  • WR — Western Range
  • WSGT — White Sands Ground Terminal
  • WSMR — White Sands Missile Range
  • WTR — Western Test Range
  • WUPPE — Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimter Experiment
  • XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror
  • XUV — Extreme Ultraviolet
  • YSC — Yokohama Science Center
  • YSO — Young Stellar Object
  • ZCG — Zeolite Crystal Growth
  • ZHR — Zenith Hourly Rate

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