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coronal_mass_ejection
coronal mass ejection
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A coronal mass ejection in the upper left
Noun
coronal mass ejection (plural coronal mass ejections)
- A massive burst of solar wind, other light isotope plasma, and magnetic fields rising above the solar corona or being released into space.
Translations
coronal mass ejection
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See also
- coronal hole
- solar filament
- solar flare
- solar prominence
- superflare