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Planets - SW list
Return to the Moon Project Space Weather Team Vocab List
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| coronal mass ejection (CME) | vast magnetic bubbles of plasma that erupt from the Sun's corona and travel through space at high speed |
| Earth's magnetosphere | a protective cocoon around the Earth. It shields the Earth from the solar wind |
| solar storm | a disturbance on the surface of the Sun |
| solar wind | a constant stream of tiny charged particles coming from the sun |
| sunspots | are temporary dark, cool regions of concentrated magnetism on the surface of the Sun |