Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke1998c&link_type=abstract
"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1998. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Sun, Solar Atmosphere
Scientific paper
Corona is the name given to the extended gaseous outer atmosphere of the Sun. It extends to heights of more than a solar radius (R&sun;) above the Sun's surface or SOLAR PHOTOSPHERE. It can be observed in two different radiation outputs: (i) visible light which is in fact originally emitted by the photosphere but reaches the observer following scattering by the fast-moving coronal electrons and (ii) x...
Culhane Len
Murdin Paul
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