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Re: (meteorobs) Abbreviations (LOOONG!)




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



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