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"solar eclipse" "solar energy"relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
Definition that contains solar
- day the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- sun the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
- planet (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
- au a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
- aurora an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
- corona the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
- langley unit of solar radiation
- tt (astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
- apex the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
- horus Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon; the son of Osiris and Isis