footpoint

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footpoint [′fu̇t‚pȯint]

(astronomy)

The intersection of tubes of magnetic field lines with the surface of the photosphere.

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No references found			The corona's heat comes from energy released as the spaghetti tries to untangle itself, while the footpoint motion continues to stir it up. Untangling the solar corona's structure by Cowen, Ron / Science News While some of the charged particles would have brightly illuminated one of the footpoints with hard X-ray emissions, collisions would have prevented most of them from ever reaching the second footpoint. Solar outbursts by Cowen, Ron / Science News The authors suggest such flares result from what amounts to an explosion--"the sudden creation of a high-pressure region at the footpoint of a coronal loop. The ups and downs of solar flares by Eberhart, J. / Science News			Foote, Arthur William Foote, Henry Stuart Foote, Horton Foote, Samuel Augustus Foote, Shelby footeite footer foothills footing footing beam footing course footing piece footing stone footing stop footlambert Footlight footlight spot footlights footman Footnote footpace footpad footpath footpiece footplate footpoint footprint footstall footstock footstone Footwall footwall shaft Footwashing Day footway Footwear Foppa, Vincenzo Foppington, Lord Foppishness for for free for loop FOR statement for The Rest Of Them for The Rest Of Us for values of For Your Information for-next loop fora forage Forage Grasses Forage-Grass Cultivation			footpad footpad footpad abscess footpad abscess footpad abscess footpad hyperkeratosis footpad hyperkeratosis footpad hyperkeratosis footpads footpads footpads footpath footpath footpath footpath footpath Footpaths Footpaths Footpaths Footpaths Footpaw Footpaw Footpaw footpiece footplate footplate footplate footplates footplates footplates footpoint footprint footprint footprint footprint footprint evidence Footprint Magnification System Footprinting Footprinting Footprinting Footprinting Footprints Footprints Footprints footpump footrace footrace footrace footracing footrest footrests footrope Footrot Footrot Footrot Footrot Eradication Campaign Advisory Committee foots foots foots foots foots

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