solar prominence

/ˌsoʊlər ˌprɑmənəns/
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Other forms: solar prominences

Definitions of solar prominence
  1. noun
    large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere
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    type of:
    solar radiation
    radiation from the sun
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