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TPF-I SWG Report - Exoplanet Exploration Program - NASA

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A C R O N Y M S<br />

Appendix D<br />

Acronyms<br />

ACS<br />

AdN<br />

ADP<br />

AFF<br />

AGB<br />

AgCl<br />

AGN<br />

ALMA<br />

ANT<br />

AO<br />

Ar<br />

ARR<br />

ASO<br />

ATLO<br />

ATS<br />

AU<br />

BC<br />

BL<br />

BOL<br />

Attitude Control System<br />

Adaptive Nuller Testbed<br />

acceleration data processing (algorithm)<br />

autonomous formation flying<br />

asymptotic giant branch<br />

silver chloride<br />

Active Galactic Nucleus (or Nuclei)<br />

Atacama Large Millimeter Array<br />

Achromatic Nulling Testbed<br />

adaptive optics<br />

argon<br />

Assembly Readiness Review<br />

Astronomical Search for Origins<br />

Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations<br />

absolute translation system<br />

astronomical unit; approximately the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun<br />

beam combiner<br />

baseline<br />

beginning of life<br />

CAC collision-avoidance constraint<br />

CCD charged couple device<br />

CCl 2 F 2 freon 13<br />

CCL 3 F freon 12<br />

CDR Critical Design Review<br />

CG<br />

center-of-gravity<br />

CH 3 Cl methyl chloride<br />

CH 4 methane<br />

CIRS Composite Infrared Spectrometer (on the Cassini mission)<br />

CM<br />

center of mass<br />

CMC center-of-mass to center-of-mass (relative position)<br />

CNES Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales<br />

CO 2 carbon dioxide<br />

CoRoT Convection Rotation and Planetary Transits (CNES, France)<br />

CTE coefficient of thermal expansion<br />

DAC<br />

DARTS<br />

degenerate Angel cross<br />

Dynamics Algorithms for Real-Time Simulation<br />

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