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Astronomers go to great lengths to name their stuff for good abbreviations. ESPRESSO is actually “Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet- and Stable Spectrosc
by enkrs 5y ago
Astronomers go to great lengths to name their stuff for good abbreviations. ESPRESSO is actually “Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet- and Stable Spectroscopic Observations”
- strogonoff 5y agoAstronomers are known to backronymise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEVE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEVE