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Appendix E: Acronyms
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... E Acronyms ATLAS Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System AU astronomical unit CSS Catalina Sky Survey DART Double Asteroid Redirect Test DoD Department of Defense EAC Earth approaching comet ESA European Space Agency FRM Fast Rotating Model GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center IR infrared IRAS Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRSA Infrared Science Archive ISO Infrared Space Observatory JFC Jupiter-family comet JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory K-T Cretaceous-Tertiary LINEAR Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research LONEOS Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search LPC long-period comet LSST Large Synoptic Survey Telescope 60
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... APPENDIX E 61 MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MPC Minor Planet Center NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEA near Earth asteroid NEAT Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking NEATM Near Earth Asteroid Thermal Model NEO near Earth object NEOCam Near-Earth Object Camera NEOO Near Earth Objects Observation NEOWISE Near Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer NRC National Research Council Pan-STARRS Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System PDCO Planetary Defense Coordination Office PDS Planetary Data System ROSES Research Opportunities in Earth and Space Sciences SDT Science Definition Team SmallSat small satellite SST Space Surveillance Telescope STM Standard Thermal Model STPI Science and Technology Policy Institute TRL technology readiness level WISE Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer
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