Facula (Noun)
Meaning 1
A bright spot on a planet.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The camera captured a clear image of a facula on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io.
- Astronomers have been studying the facula on Mars for several years, trying to determine its composition.
- The facula on the surface of the sun appeared as a bright white spot against the darker granules.
- NASA's spacecraft flew by Venus and spotted several faculae near the equator.
- The planet's southern hemisphere is characterized by a large facula that is visible even with low-resolution telescopes.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.