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What is the term for a solar eclipse where the Moon appears smaller than the Sun, leaving a ring of sunlight?
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Annular eclipse
What is the average distance from Earth to the Sun in millions of kilometers?
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150 million km
What is the name of the region on the Sun with open magnetic field lines that emit high-speed solar wind?
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Coronal hole
What is the approximate orbital period of the Sun around the Galactic Center in million years?
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250 million years
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What is the average distance from Earth to the Sun in millions of kilometers?
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150 million km
What is the approximate orbital period of the Sun around the Galactic Center in million years?
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250 million years
Which spacecraft was the first to orbit the Sun's poles?
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Ulysses
What is the name of a large eruption of plasma from the Sun's corona?
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Coronal mass ejection
What is the term for the 11-year sunspot cycle named after a German astronomer?
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Schwabe cycle
What is the name of the boundary between the Sun's chromosphere and corona?
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Transition region
What is the typical speed of the fast solar wind in km/s?
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750 km/s