facula

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Definition of facula in English Turkish dictionary

(Astronomi) benek

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Definition of facula in English English dictionary

A bright spot or patch between sunspots

a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots a bright spot on a planet

a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots

fax, facis = [Latin] torch Faculae are individual small bright patches (of at most about 200 km or 100 miles in diameter) that are visible near the edge of the Sun in continuum observations, and also near the center of the solar disk in observations recorded in the centers of spectral lines In groups, faculae form plage They are thought to be places where small flux tubes are

a bright spot on a planet

A bright cloud-like feature located a few hundred km above the photosphere near sunspot groups, seen in white light Facula are seldom visible except near the solar limb, although they occur all across the Sun Facula are clouds of emission that occur where a strong magnetic field creates extra heat (about 300 degrees K above surrounding areas)

(White-light plage) A bright region of the photosphere seen in white light, seldom visible except near the solar limb Corresponds with concentrated magnetic fields that may presage sunspot formation

fax, facis = [Latin] torch Faculae are individual small bright areas that together form plage They are thought to be places where small flux tubes are

{i} bright spot on the surface of the sun (Astronomy)

pl faculae, Bright spot

Hyphenation

fa·cu·la