Other Glossaries

• General

  • AstroGlossary from StarDate Online
  • Astronomy Unbound, an electronic text has an excellent glossary
  • Terms from LANL
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day Glossary
  • Planetary Science Glossary from Planetary Science Research Discoveries
  • Glossary from the Munich Astronomical Archive
  • Galileo SSI Glossary
  • Astronomiae Historia / History of Astronomy
  • Solar terminology
  • Laws, rules, principles, effects, paradoxes, limits, constants, experiments, & thought-experiments in physics

• Astronomy Topics

  • Solar-Terrestrial Terms
  • Solar Glossary
  • Solar System Dynamics Glossary from JPL
  • Planetary Ring Terms
  • Comet Definitions
  • Glossary of Astronomical and Comet Terms from ICQ/CBAT/MPC
  • Short Glossary of Lunar Geology
  • Comet and Meteor Shower Glossary
  • Glossary on Meteor Astronomy
  • Relativity Term from NCSA
  • History Topics: Mathematical Astronomy

• Scientists

  • People from LANL
  • Biographies of Mathematicians, including some who were also astronomers and/or physicists (includes many portraits).
  • Institute and Museum of History of Science, Florence ITALY (Biographies in the Galileo exhibit)
  • Astronomical People (with images)
  • People from the University of Michigan's wonderful "Windows to the Universe", includes many pictures

• Mythology

  • Encyclopedia Mythica, an encyclopedia of mythology and more
  • Bulfinch's Mythology
  • The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Mythology

• Spaceflight

  • Glossary of Spaceflight Terminology from JPL
  • NASA Thesaurus
  • NASA NGST Glossary
  • Dictionary Of Technical Terms For Aerospace Use from NASA LeRC

• Place names

  • Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature from USGS

• Acronyms

  • Commonly Used Acronyms in Astronomy
  • Frequently Seen Space/Astronomy Acronyms