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Solar wind
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A mass outflow, consisting of protons, electrons, and other subatomic particles, expelled constantly from the solar corona at about 500 km per second. The solar mass-loss rate in this phenomenon amounts to about 2 x 10^-14 solar masses per year, or about 106 tons per second.
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http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1534
broader

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1476
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http://editor.vocabs.ands.org.au/user/AAS_Frey.Katie
definition

A mass outflow, consisting of protons, electrons, and other subatomic particles, expelled constantly from the solar corona at about 500 km per second. The solar mass-loss rate in this phenomenon amounts to about 2 x 10^-14 solar masses per year, or about 106 tons per second.
modified

2020-11-19T16:01:14.964Z

2020-11-19T16:00:57.493Z
narrower

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1873

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1872

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/707
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Solar wind
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http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1636

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/827
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