| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 404 | 22 | 2.002935 | 9702211,9702028,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 264 | 11 | 1.003076 | 9702228,9702028,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 86 | 7 | 2.002903 | 9702121,9702126,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 74 | 6 | 1.000995 | 9702036,9702123,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 67 | 5 | 2.002331 | 9702121,9702150,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 40 | 5 | 2.001764 | 9702150,9702123,etc |
| sunyaev zel'dovich | S-Z | 209 | 5 | 2.002455 | 9702224,9702196,etc |
| caltech submillimeter observatory | CSO | 23 | 5 | 1.000244 | 9702224,9702196,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 59 | 4 | 2.001132 | 9702241,9702106,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 190 | 4 | 2.002409 | 9702240,9702182,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 15 | 4 | 1.000278 | 9702101,9702207,etc |
| broad absorption line | BAL | 154 | 4 | 2.011419 | 9702031,9702207,etc |
| sunyaev zel'dovich infrared experiment | SuZIE | 76 | 4 | 2.00088 | 9702224,9702196,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 14 | 4 | 1.000241 | 9702152,9702127,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 50 | 4 | 2.001205 | 9702035,9702047,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 3 | 3 | 1.000004 | 9702121,9702089,etc |
| singular isothermal sphere | SIS | 48 | 3 | 1.003202 | 9702173,9702078,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSBG | 348 | 3 | 2.009445 | 9702230,9702156,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 17 | 3 | 1.000482 | 9702096,9702097,etc |
| faint object spectrograph | FOS | 59 | 3 | 2.001519 | 9702106,9702207,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 224 | 3 | 2.001856 | 9702112,9702091,etc |
| intracluster | IC | 112 | 3 | 2.001561 | 9702224,9702222,etc |
| right ascension offset | RAO | 47 | 3 | 2.001098 | 9702224,9702222,etc |
| cosmic microwave background radiation | CMB | 49 | 3 | 2.001001 | 9702226,9702196,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 175 | 3 | 2.004975 | 9702004,9702060,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 30 | 3 | 2.003079 | 9702010,9702119,etc |
| quasi periodic oscillation | QPO | 59 | 3 | 2.002427 | 9702054,9702073,etc |
| burst and transient source experiment | BATSE | 136 | 3 | 2.005119 | 9702182,9702192,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 11 | 3 | 1.000115 | 9702236,9702199,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 17 | 3 | 1.000439 | 9702107,9702199,etc |