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Term: CME
Definition:

Coronal Mass Ejection - An eruption in the outer solar atmosphere that sends billions of tons of magnetized plasma clouds into interplanetary space. When traveling at high speeds these ejections create shocks in the solar wind. Earth-intercept of a CME is often followed by a geomagnetic storm

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
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Term: CME
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Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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