| cold dark matter | CDM | 151 | 11 | 2.004299 | 9701138,9701177,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 186 | 8 | 1.004647 | 9701013,9701222,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 183 | 7 | 2.002335 | 9701127,9701165,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 7 | 5 | 1.000059 | 9701127,9701047,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 311 | 5 | 2.003961 | 9701152,9701222,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | S/N | 31 | 5 | 1.000682 | 9701041,9701043,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 365 | 5 | 2.003309 | 9701013,9701132,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 30 | 5 | 2.004396 | 9701013,9701183,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 28 | 4 | 1.003434 | 9701210,9701090,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 55 | 4 | 2.002922 | 9701152,9701153,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 55 | 4 | 2.0036 | 9701222,9701141,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 74 | 4 | 1.001409 | 9701133,9701218,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 236 | 4 | 2.009202 | 9701141,9701153,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 49 | 4 | 2.001321 | 9701109,9701235,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 45 | 3 | 2.004172 | 9701187,9701013,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 12 | 3 | 2.001094 | 9701226,9701222,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 20 | 3 | 1.001211 | 9701226,9701133,etc |
| burst and transient source experiment | BATSE | 38 | 3 | 2.000394 | 9701162,9701098,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 44 | 3 | 2.001835 | 9701024,9701246,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 9 | 3 | 1.000553 | 9701013,9701235,etc |
| gas imaging spectrometer | GIS | 8 | 3 | 1.000814 | 9701122,9701123,etc |
| solid state spectrometer | SIS | 9 | 3 | 1.00203 | 9701122,9701123,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 121 | 3 | 2.004991 | 9701106,9701052,etc |
| fundamental plane | FP | 127 | 3 | 2.00256 | 9701025,9701155,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 20 | 3 | 2.001895 | 9701025,9701062,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 145 | 3 | 2.004103 | 9701141,9701042,etc |
| x ray luminosity function | XLF | 54 | 3 | 2.006048 | 9701179,9701201,etc |
| tully fisher | TF | 20 | 3 | 1.001583 | 9701155,9701244,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 45 | 3 | 2.001414 | 9701209,9701012,etc |
| particle mesh | PM | 86 | 3 | 2.001239 | 9701170,9701195,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 27 | 3 | 2.00029 | 9701153,9701038,etc |
| position sensitive proportional counter | PSPC | 46 | 3 | 2.001587 | 9701143,9701033,etc |