What does solar prominence mean?
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so·lar promi·nence
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solar prominencenoun
large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere
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solar prominencenoun
Large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere of the Sun.
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Solar prominence
A prominence, sometimes referred to as a filament, is a large plasma and magnetic field structure extending outward from the Sun's surface, often in a loop shape. Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the solar corona. While the corona consists of extremely hot plasma, prominences contain much cooler plasma, similar in composition to that of the chromosphere. Prominences form over timescales of about a day and may persist in the corona for several weeks or months, looping hundreds of thousands of kilometers into space. Some prominences may give rise to coronal mass ejections. Scientists are currently researching how and why prominences are formed. A typical prominence extends over many thousands of kilometers; the largest on record was estimated at over 800,000 km (500,000 mi) long, roughly a solar radius.
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solar prominence
A solar prominence is a large, bright, gaseous feature extending outward from the Sun's surface, often found in the Sun's corona. It is anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere, and it extends outward into the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona. Prominences can loop hundreds of thousands of miles into space, and are most often associated with solar flares and coronal mass ejections. They are formed by complex interactions of the Sun's magnetic field and plasma.
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Solar prominence
A prominence is a large, bright, gaseous feature extending outward from the Sun's surface, often in a loop shape. Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the Sun's corona. While the corona consists of extremely hot ionized gases, known as plasma, which do not emit much visible light, prominences contain much cooler plasma, similar in composition to that of the chromosphere. A prominence forms over timescales of about a day, and prominences may persist in the corona anywhere from one hour to nearly a year. Most last for several weeks or months. Some prominences break apart and give rise to coronal mass ejections. Scientists are currently researching how and why prominences are formed. A typical prominence extends over many thousands of kilometers; the largest on record was estimated at over 800,000 kilometres long – roughly the radius of the Sun. When a prominence is viewed from a different perspective so that it is against the sun instead of against space, it appears darker than the surrounding background. This formation is instead called a solar filament. It is possible for a projection to be both a filament and a prominence. Some prominences are so powerful that they throw out matter from the Sun into space at speeds ranging from 600 km/s to more than 1000 km/s. Other prominences form huge loops or arching columns of glowing gases over sunspots that can reach heights of hundreds of thousands of kilometres. Prominences may last for a few days or even for a few months. Flocculi is another term for these filaments, and dark flocculi typically describes the appearance of solar prominences when viewed against the solar disk in certain wavelengths.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of solar prominence in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of solar prominence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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