|
|
Definition of Solar prominence
1. Noun. Large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere.
Definition of Solar prominence
1. Noun. (astronomy) Large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere of the Sun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solar Prominence
Literary usage of Solar prominence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... projection against the sun's disk, showing the hydrogen vortices centering in
sun-spots discovered at Mount Wilson 1 solar prominence 80000 miles high, ..."
2. Popular Astronomy by Carleton College Goodsell Observatory (1895)
"Eruptive solar prominence ( June 7, 1894).—The following ae.count of an eruptive
prominence observed here last evening (June 7th), may be of interest. ..."
3. Contributions to Solar Physics: I. A Popular Account of Inquiries Into the by Norman Lockyer (1874)
"Notice of an Observation of the Spectrum of a solar prominence, by JN LOCKYER,
Esq., in a letter to the Secretary. From the " Proceedings of the Royal ..."
Other Resources:
