An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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hydrogen coma
  گیس ِ هیدروژنی  
gis-e hidroženi
Fr.: chevelure d'hydrogène  

The cometary cloud of hydrogen, detectable in ultraviolet light, that is immensely bigger than even the huge visible coma it surrounds. It is produced by the dissociation of water into hydrogen and oxygen and by other processes set into motion by solar radiation and and the solar wind.

See also: → hydrogen, → coma.