Astron
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Astron may refer to:
- the Mitsubishi Astron engineMitsubishi Astron engineThe Mitsubishi Astron or 4G5 engine, is a series of straight-4 internal combustion engines first built by Mitsubishi Motors in 1972. Engine displacement ranged from 1.8 to 2.6 litres, making it one of the largest four-cylinder engines of its time....
- ASTRONASTRONASTRON is the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy. ASTRON is an abbreviation of the Dutch Stichting ASTRonomisch Onderzoek in Nederland. This translates to NFRA in English, which is sometimes used to refer to ASTRON in English texts. Its main offices are in Dwingeloo at the site of the...
, the Dutch foundation for astronomy research, operating the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and LOFAR - Astron (comics)Astron (comics)Astron is a fictional character, a member of the Uranian Eternals, a race in an alternate version of the Marvel Comics universe.-Publication history:...
, a fictional character, a member of the Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
group The Eternals. - Astron (spacecraft)Astron (spacecraft)Astron was a Soviet spacecraft launched on 23 March 1983 at 12:45:06 UTC, using Proton launcher, which was designed to fulfill an astrophysics mission. It was based on the Venera spacecraft design and was operational for six years as the largest ultraviolet space telescope during its lifetime...
, Soviet ultraviolet space telescope - Astron (fusion reactor)Astron (fusion reactor)The Astron is a type of fusion power device pioneered by Nicholas Christofilos and built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory during the 1960s and 70s. Astron used a unique confinement system that avoided several of the problems found in contemporary designs like the stellarator and...
, a fusion powerFusion powerFusion power is the power generated by nuclear fusion processes. In fusion reactions two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus . In doing so they release a comparatively large amount of energy arising from the binding energy due to the strong nuclear force which is manifested...
design from the 1960s - Astron (wristwatch)Astron (wristwatch)The Astron wristwatch, formally known as the Seiko Quartz-Astron 35SQ, was the world's first "quartz clock" wristwatch, i.e., one based on a quartz crystal oscillator...
, the world's first quartz wristwatch - the fourth month in the Shire Calendar
- Van HoolVan HoolVan Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium. In the early years, the company introduced serial production and exported their products all over Europe...
T917 Astron, a coach body - Astron LtdAstron LtdAstron Ltd is a Chinese-based manufacturer and distributor of zirconium-based chemicals. The business was founded by current-CEO and majority-shareholder Alex Brown. As of January 2007, the company had a market capitalisation of cA$150m ....
, a Chinese-based manufacturer and distributor of zirconium-based chemicals - Astron (ship)Astron (ship)The Astron is a shipwreck located off the coast of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. She was a Russian owned freighter built in France during 1957 and was 120 metres long....
, a Russian cargo vessel wrecked off the coast of the Dominican Republic