Abstract
The term prominence is used for a large variety of objects which are characterized by their occurrence in the chromosphere and/or in the corona, by their greater density than their coronal surroundings and by temperatures ranging from about 104 K to coronal values at the interface to the corona. They appear as bright (cool and dense) features (in the corona) above the solar limb; when seen projected against the solar disk nearly all prominences show up in absorption as dark filaments.
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Tandberg-Hanssen, E. (1977). Prominences. In: Bruzek, A., Durrant, C.J. (eds) Illustrated Glossary for Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1245-4_10
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