出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/08 15:38 UTC 版)
A coronal cloud is a cloud composed of plasma and usually associated with a star or other celestial or astronomical body, extending sometimes millions of kilometers into space, or thousands of light-years, depending on the associated body. The high temperature of the coronal cloud gives it unusual spectral features. These features have been traced to highly ionized atoms of elements such as iron which indicate a plasma's temperature in excess of 106 K (MK).