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facula

(bright spot on a planet or the Sun)

Facula (plural faculae) is a general term for a bright spot, used for a common specific type of feature on the Sun, and used more generally in descriptions of planets and moons. A solar facula is a bright spot in the region between granules. The dwarf planet, Ceres has pronounced bright spots for which the term has been used, and which are of interest.


(planets,Sun)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_spots_on_Ceres
https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/feature1.shtml
https://dictionary.obspm.fr/index.php?showAll=1&formSearchTextfield=facula
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/facula

Referenced by page:
Sun surface features

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