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solar prominence

ˈsoʊlər ˈprɑmənəns
WordNet
  1. (n) solar prominence
    large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere
Usage in the news

The solar prominence as seen on Monday morning happens to resemble one of the longest dinosaurs to ever walk Earth's surface. jla.com

Solar prominence erupts on the sun. orlandosentinel.com

A trio of images shows how NASA captured an image of a solar prominence eruption Friday on the sun. orlandosentinel.com

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of a double prominence solar eruption of super-hot plasma on November 16, 2012. orlandosentinel.com

The sun erupted in two solar prominence eruptions this month sending particle clouds far into space. blog.al.com

Massive Solar Eruption Expels a Beautiful Prominence. popsci.com

Massive Solar Eruption Expels a Beautiful Prominence . popsci.com

Posts Tagged 'Solar Prominence Eruption. berthoudrecorder.com

Solar prominence erupts on the sun. orlandosentinel.com

A solar prominence and associated filament tunnel, photographed Monday. msnbc.msn.com

Giant solar prominence shoots into space. xrock1039.com

It shows clouds of solar gas, called prominences, floating over the sun 's magnetic field. kids.nationalgeographic.com

Usage in scientific papers

Formation and eruption of solar prominences.
Solar filament eruptions and their physical role in triggering Coronal Mass Ejections

The SuperKamiokande experiment has also produced prominent results relevant to the understanding of the solar neutrino deficit.
XXXVIIi\'eme Rencontres de Moriond: Electroweak 2002 Conference Summary

Propagation of CMEs CMEs or prominences can now be automatically detected in white light (Qu et al. 2006), as well as in EUV, once they propagate above the solar limb (Foullon and Verwichte 2006).
Astrophysics in 2006

In the solar case the absolute fractional change from solar activity minimum to maximum in hH i (angular brackets hi denote an average over the five most prominent p modes) is about 40%.
Solar-type Variables

The contribution function G(N , T ) for Fe ix 171.07 ˚A (black, solid line) is plotted along with the normalised product G(N , T ) × DEM (T ) for three different DEMs (a) off-limb, (b) prominence and (c) quiet Sun and for different solar abundances as indicated in the legend.
Off-limb (spicule) DEM distribution from SoHO/SUMER observations

Usage in literature

Solar festivals, as such, are less prominent than the lunar in religious ritual. "Introduction to the History of Religions" by Crawford Howell Toy

During a solar eclipse red prominences are seen projecting beyond the dark shadow of the moon, which covers the sun's disc. "Heroes of Science" by M. M. Pattison Muir