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transition region

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | 289 words | Copyright

transition region A region of the Sun's atmosphere between the upper chromosphere and corona, where temperatures rise rapidly, from about 20 000 to 2 million K. Its altitude depends on the local magnetic field strength, but is about 2500 km above the base of the photosphere.

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