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the inner layer of the suns atmosphere that gives off its visible light; the suns surface

a telescope that uses lenses to gather and focus light

a spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system

a chunk of rock or dust in space

the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

an eruption of gas from the suns surface that occurs when the loops in sunspots regions suddenly connect

a region of very tightly packed gas in the suns interior where energy is transfered mainly in the form of light