Was Re: How close to decay?
Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Fri, 09 May 1997 09:42:34 +0200
Ed Cannon wrote:
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> Why is Hubble Space Telescope called HST, but Compton Gamma-Ray
> Observatory called GRO rather than CGRO?
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> Ed Cannon
> Austin, Texas, USA
> 30.3086N, 97.7279W
The Space Telescope was named after Hubble before it was launched and became HST for
short. The Gamma Ray Observatory was already in orbit and was known as GRO. It was
renamed in orbit in honor of the late Arthur Holly Compton.
(Ref. RAE Table of artifical satellites 1990-1992)
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