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21Corona — This article is about the astronomical term. For other uses, see Corona (disambiguation). During a total solar eclipse, the solar corona can be seen with the naked eye. A corona is a type of plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other celestial body,… …
22cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
23Chromosphere — The Sun observed through a telescope with an H alpha filter …
24Pierre Janssen — Pierre Jules César Janssen (February 22, 1824 ndash; December 23, 1907) was a French astronomer who, along with the English scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer, is credited with discovering the gas helium. Life, work, and interestsJanssen was born in …
25Janssen, Pierre — ▪ French astronomer born Feb. 22, 1824, Paris, Fr. died Dec. 23, 1907, Meudon French astronomer who in 1868 discovered how to observe solar prominences without an eclipse. His work was independent of that of the Englishman Joseph Norman Lockyer …
26Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman — ▪ British astronomer born May 17, 1836, Rugby, Warwickshire, Eng. died Aug. 16, 1920, Salcombe Regis, Devon British astronomer who in 1868 discovered in the Sun s (Sun) atmosphere a previously unknown element that he named helium. Lockyer… …
27bank — bank1 /bangk/, n. 1. a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. 2. a slope or acclivity. 3. Physical Geog. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. 4. a broad elevation of the sea… …
28star — starless, adj. /stahr/, n., adj., v., starred, starring. n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astron. any of the large, self luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris,… …
29Flat — Flat, n. 1. A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats. [1913 Webster] Envy is as the sunbeams that… …
30Leaf — For other uses, see Leaf (disambiguation). The leaves of a Beech tree …
