Concept information
Preferred term
Solar flares
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 TNT. (en)
Broader concept
- Solar activity (en)
- Solar physics (en)
- Solar storm (en)
Narrower concepts
- Solar flare spectra (en)
- Solar radio flares (en)
- Solar white-light flares (en)
- Solar x-ray flares (en)
Editorial note
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1496
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