Concept information
Preferred term
solar flare
Definition
- A bright eruption form the Sun's chromosphere in the vicinity of a sunspot. Solar flares are caused by tremendous explosions on the surface of the Sun. In a matter of just a few minutes they heat the material to many millions of degrees and release as much energy as a billion megatons of T.N.T.. (An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, by M. Heydari-Malayeri, https://dictionary.obspm.fr/index.php?formSearchTextfield=solar+flare&formSubmit=Search&showAll=1)
Broader concept
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-LJMCRF44-G
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