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Toroidal radius

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Toroidal Radius
in a solar loop structure, it is the distance from the axis of the loop to the center of the "semi-circle" that the loop forms. Half of the distance from one loop footpoint to the other loop footpoint.

 


See also Toroidal Radius.
Proton A positively charged elementary particle. A proton is 1836 times heavier than an electron.
Pulsar A neutron star (burnt-out star) that emits radio waves which pulse on and off.

See also: Solar atmosphere, Radiation belt, Earth, Spectral line, Spectrometer