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chromatosphere Definition


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chromosphere
chromatosphere
noun
    1. astron.
      A layer of gas, mainly hydrogen, about 10 000km deep, that lies above the Sun's photosphere, and which can be seen as a thin crescent of pinkish-red light during a total eclipse of the Sun.
Etymology: 19c.



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