superprominence

English

Etymology

super- +‎ prominence

Noun

superprominence (plural superprominences)

1. (astronomy, very rare) An exceedingly powerful, enormous solar prominence.
   • 1977, Joseph A. Burns, Planetary Satellites‎^[1], University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 483:

     Since high densities and low temperatures favor condensation the major condensation takes place in the superprominence regions.

   • 2003, Bernard Schutz, Gravity from the Ground Up: An Introductory Guide to Gravity and General Relativity (Chapter 8, Page 85: Gravity in the Sun: Keeping the Heat On)[2]

     It shows a superprominence, the large loop of hot gas streaming out of the Sun.

   • 2010, Eric Lerner, The Big Bang Never Happened, A Startling Refutation of the Dominant Theory of the Origin of the Universe‎^[3], Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 209:

     in 1972 Alfvén and a colleague, Gustaf Arrhenius, developed a detailed model of solar system formation which uses the filaments "superprominences", they called them -- to transfer the angular momentum.

See also

• solar prominence
• solar flare
• superflare
• coronal mass ejection