populated by intermittent coronal structures known as solar prominences or filaments. The Sun's corona lies above the chromosphere and extends millions of...
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The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona. This plasma mostly consists of electrons...
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Sun (redirect from Solar diameter)
significant new data on solar wind and the solar corona. The Helios 1 and 2 probes were U.S.–German collaborations that studied the solar wind from an orbit...
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the much brighter photosphere, and extend outwards into the solar corona. While the corona consists of extremely hot plasma, prominences contain much cooler...
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the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 9.86 solar radii (6.9 million km or 4.3 million miles) from...
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Corona from Fogged Eyeglasses Experimental simulations of pollen coronas The Corona Forest Corona Solar Corona at Golden Gate Bridge Partial Corona at...
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structure in the Sun's corona Solar wind, the stream of particles and plasma emanating from the Sun Active region, where most solar flares and coronal mass...
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completely obscures the bright light of the Sun, allowing the much fainter solar corona to be visible. During an eclipse, totality occurs only along a narrow...
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one billion light-years from the Solar System containing more than 400 members, and is itself part of the larger Corona Borealis Supercluster. Covering...
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Milky Way, Corona Australis contains one of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System—a dusty dark nebula known as the Corona Australis Molecular...
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The Toyota Corona (Japanese: トヨタ・コロナ, Toyota Korona) is an automobile manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota across eleven generations between 1957...
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the corona. The instruments CDS, EIT, LASCO, SUMER, SWAN, and UVCS are used for this solar atmosphere remote sensing. Making observations of solar wind...
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Sun's atmosphere. They affect all layers of the solar atmosphere (photosphere, chromosphere, and corona). The plasma medium is heated to >107 kelvin, while...
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subjected to an external magnetic field, such as the solar corona and Earth's ionosphere. The corona is generally treated with the "cold plasma approach...
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observations with NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission (2018–2025) which is performing measurements of the Sun's extended corona, as well as other ground-based...
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Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL), provides continuous full-disk observations of the solar chromosphere and corona in seven extreme...
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Heliosphere (section Solar wind)
described as a deflated croissant. The solar wind consists of particles (ionized atoms from the solar corona) and fields like the magnetic field that...
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astrophysics surged and many solar telescopes were constructed. The 1931 invention of the coronagraph allowed the corona to be studied in full daylight...
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Articles related to the Sun include: Corona Solar wind Coronal mass ejection(CME) Solar eclipse total eclipse annular eclipse hybrid eclipse partial eclipse...
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Coronal mass ejection (category Solar phenomena)
plasma mass from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere. CMEs are often associated with solar flares and other forms of solar activity, but a broadly accepted...
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Helmet streamer (category Solar phenomena)
elongated cusp-like structures in the Sun's corona which are often visible in white-light coronagraphs and during solar eclipses. They are closed magnetic loops...
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multiple layers below the corona that lead to solar eruptions. To study space weather, and the origin, composition and dynamics of solar wind. The mission was...
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WISPR (category Parker Solar Probe)
images of the corona, solar wind, shocks, solar ejecta, etc. Development of WISPR was led by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. The Parker Solar Probe with...
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Coronium (section Solar spectroscopy)
The name, inspired by the solar corona, was given by Gruenwald in 1887. A new atomic thin green line in the solar corona was then considered to be emitted...
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The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate...
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The solar storms of May 2024 were a series of powerful solar storms with extreme solar flares and geomagnetic storm components that occurred from 10–13...
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Coronal loop (redirect from Solar coronal loop)
wind. A diagram showing the evolution of the solar magnetic flux over one solar cycle Diagram of the low corona and transition region, where many scales of...
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Structure of the Sun Solar core Radiative zone Convection zone Photosphere Chromosphere Corona Solar granulation Sunspots Solar prominences Solar flares Physical...
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Maunder Minimum (redirect from Maunder Solar Minimum)
discussed solar eclipses during the Maunder Minimum. From text of eye-witness reports of events in 1652, 1706 and 1715, he concluded that the solar corona was...
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Solar Corona From eclipse drawings to the coronagraph and spectroscopy History of Astrophotography Timeline Sketch of Solar Corona 1851 July 28 Solar...
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