solar prominence

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Noun

solar prominence (plural solar prominences)

1. (astronomy) Any of the large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere of the Sun.

Translations

large eruption on the Sun

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日珥 (zh) (rì'ěr)

• Finnish: protuberanssi
• French: protubérance solaire (fr) f
• Italian: protuberanza solare f
• Japanese: プロミネンス (ja)
• Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ
  ᡧᠠᠩᡴᠠ (šun šangka)

See also

• coronal hole
• coronal mass ejection
• solar filament
• solar flare
• superflare