Acronyms
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ALMA
Atacama Large Millimeter Array
BCCA
Ballistic cluster–cluster agglomeration
BPCA
Ballistic particle-cluster aggregation
BRDF
Bidirectional reflectance distribution function
CBE
Collisionless Boltzmann equation
CBOE
Coherent backscatter opposition effect
CME
Coronal mass ejection
DDA
Discrete dipole approximation
DSMC
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo
GMC
Giant molecular cloud
HIFI
Heterodyne instrument for the far infrared
HMC
Halley Multicolour Camera
HTC
Halley-type comet
iSALE
Impact simplified arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (computer code)
JFC
Jupiter family comet
KBO
(Edgeworth-)Kuiper Belt Object
KHI
Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability
LAM
Long axis mode
LTE
Local thermodynamic equilibrium
MHD
Magnetohydrodynamics
MSPCD
Multi-resolution Stereo-photoclinometry by Deformation
NGF
Non-gravitational force
NPA
Non-principal axis
PSF
Point spread function
PSG
Planetary Spectrum Generator
RVR
Refractory to volatile ratio
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1 Acronyms associated with the names of Rosetta instruments (e.g., ALICE) and the names of
spacecraft (e.g., ROSAT) have been excluded.
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