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Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 55-56

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... C Acronyms and Abbreviations ACE Advanced Composition Explorer ACR anomalous cosmic ray AU astronomical unit -- mean distance of Earth from the Sun CCD charge-coupled device CIR co-rotating interaction region DOE Department of Energy ENA energetic neutral atom EUV extreme ultraviolet GAS Ulysses Interstellar Neutral Gas Experiment GCR galactic cosmic ray GMIR global merged interaction region HST Hubble Space Telescope IBEX Interstellar Boundary Explorer IMAGE Imager for Magnetosphere to Aurora Global Exploration IMF interplanetary magnetic field JIMO Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter LENA Low-Energy Neutral Atom LIC local interstellar cloud LISM local interstellar medium MHD magnetohydrodynamic MIDEX Medium-Class Explorer NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEP nuclear-electric propulsion 55
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... 56 EXPLORATION OF THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM NRC National Research Council OSS Office of Space Science PASO Particle Acceleration Solar Orbiter SEC Sun-Earth Connection SMEX Small Explorer SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SWAN Solar Wind Anisotropies SWICS Solar Wind Ionic Composition Spectrometer SWIMS Solar Wind Ion Mass Spectrometer TWINS Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers
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