Apollo
Apollo stands for:
- Apollo , a god in Roman and Greek mythology, after whom various things were named.
- (1862) Apollo , an asteroid
- an apple variety, see Apollo (apple)
- a Masonic Lodge in Leipzig, see Apollo (Masonic Lodge)
- a variety of potatoes
- a moon crater, see Apollo (moon crater)
- a magazine, see Apollo (magazine)
- Apollos , biblical person
- Prix Apollo , literary prize
- Red Apollo or Apollofalter ( Parnassius apollo ), butterfly
- Apollo Cinerama , cinema in Zurich
- Apollo Magazine , British art magazine (founded 1925)
- Apollo radio , radio broadcaster in Saxony
- Apollo (ship, 1970) , ferry, built in 1970 at the Meyer shipyard
- Apollo (ship, 2018) , GeoSea's installation ship
- HMS Apollo , ship
Space travel:
- a spaceship, see Apollo (spaceship)
- Apollo program , NASA space program
Technology:
- a fiber optic submarine cable system in the Atlantic, see Apollo (cable)
- a music player for portable devices included in the Android distribution CyanogenMod
- Apollo Bridge in Bratislava
- Apollo technique , a learning method
Motor vehicles:
- Buick Apollo , Buick series of cars
- Gumpert Apollo , German supercar
- VW Apollo , Brazilian car model made by Volkswagen
- Apollo , different models of the Apolda company Apollo-Werke (see below)
Companies and Brands:
- First Austrian soap boiler trade union "Apollo"
- Apollo Airlines , former Greek airline
- Apollo Computer , American manufacturer of workstations
- Apollo Global Management , listed US private equity firm
- Apollo Group , US education company
- Apollo International Corporation , former American automobile manufacturer
- Apollo Motor Cars , former American automobile manufacturer
- Apollo-Optik , German optician chain
- Apollo refinery , former name of the largest Slovak oil refinery in Bratislava, today Slovnaft
- Apollo-Werke , German automobile manufacturer
- Chicago Recording Scale Company , former American automobile manufacturer with the brand name Apollo
Geographical objects:
- Apollo Creek , flowing water in Blaine County, Idaho
- Apollo Five Mine , mine in Elko County, Nevada
- Apollo Island , Antarctica Island
- Apollo Lake , lake in Fresno County, California
- Apollo Mine , mine in Alaska
- Apollo Ridge Park , park in Washington County, Oregon
- a converter station of the HVDC Cahora Bassa near Pretoria in South Africa
Places in the United States:
- a non-existent place in Putnam County, see Apollo (Georgia)
- a place in San Bernardino County, see Apollo (California)
- a place in Armstrong County, see Apollo (Pennsylvania)
- Apollo Shores , in Rhea County, Tennessee
APOLLO is an abbreviation for:
- Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation , project to measure the distance from the moon
See also:
