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Last post 09-30-2005 2:19 PM by Dawn Myers. 1 replies.
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  • 09-29-2005 7:55 PM

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    What is a "CME"?

     

     

  • 09-30-2005 2:19 PM In reply to

    • Dawn Myers
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    Re: storms

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    Hello

    CME is short for Coronal Mass Ejection. A Coronal Mass Ejection is a huge magnetic bubble of plasma that erupts from the Sun's corona and travels through space at high speed.
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