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suki quin Send message Joined: 12 Oct 08 Posts: 81 Credit: 1,053,392 RAC: 0 |
CLICK HERE FOR SOME FINE SOLAR IMAGES i think this is one of the best sites for following what is actually happening to our Sun. No one is discussing it openly, since no one knows quite what to think |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20289 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
What do you mean by "SOLAR INVERSION?" ? Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I think he refers to the inversion of the solar magnetic field. Tullio |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
You know what might be interesting in this putative time of "Global Warming"? Are we measuring the energy impinging on the Earth due to solar fluctuations. If so where is the data and has it shown a recent increase in energy arrivals from the SUN. |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
It looks like we are going towards a kind of Maunder minimum (1645-1715) in the number of sunspots, which was related to a cold period: Sunspots Tullio |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Every 11 years we have a peak of sunspots that are associated with overactivity of the sun. Now we have a period behind us of extreme inactivity. The last period had it's acme in the year 2000. Now we are in the 24th cycle, which is slowly starting to come, slower than the past cycli, this is called 'the Maunder-minimum. There is actually a large affinity between solar activity and the earth's climate...Something to think about, I guess... :) rOZZ Music Pictures |
PhonAcq Send message Joined: 14 Apr 01 Posts: 1656 Credit: 30,658,217 RAC: 1 |
There seems to be both an 11 year cycle and a 33 year cycle. Is that accepted and if so does the longer period have a name? |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1384 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
There is a 22 year solar cycle. The magnetic polarity alternates from one 11 year cycle to the next, returning to the original polarity after 22 years. I haven't heard of a 33 year cycle either. Michael |
PhonAcq Send message Joined: 14 Apr 01 Posts: 1656 Credit: 30,658,217 RAC: 1 |
I looked at the relative numbers graph at http://solarwww.mtk.nao.ac.jp/database.html and noticed three peaks seeming to form a cycle. |
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