quiescent prominence
quiescent prominence
(kwee-ess -ĕnt) See prominences.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
quiescent prominence
[kwē′es·ənt ′präm·ə·nəns] (astrophysics)
A vertical sheet of cool gas that is suspended in the solar corona for a period of days to months.
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