solar prominence

English

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

• Finnish: protuberanssi
• French: protubérance solaire (fr) f
• Italian: protuberanza solare f

See also

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