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The satellite designed to study the output of energy from the sun during periods of high sunspot activity was?
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The satellite designed to study the output of energy from the sun during periods of high sunspot activity is named?
solar max... :)
What is the number of years between periods of sunspot activity?
11 years
What did Walter maunder discover about sunspot activity in 1893?
came across the surprising fact that between 1645 and 1715 there was virtually no sunspot activity at all.
How would you describe the way sunspot activity changes over the decades and centuries?
We do not yet have a good understanding of the way that sunspot activity changes. We've only been keeping track of sunspots since the early 1600s. In general, sunspot activity increases and decreases in a cycle that is approximately 11 years long. But the cycle isn't particularly stable; for example, the previous cycle, Solar Cycle 23, lasted for closer to 13 years and the current Solar Cycle 24 has been fairly low in activity. This may have long-term significance in our weather here on Earth; twice in the last 4 centuries, we've seen extended periods of very low sunspot activity, and both periods have been associated with unusually cold weather. Some scientists fear that the current sunspot deficit may be a prelude to a new period of cooler-than-normal weather.
What characterized the Maunder minimum?
low sunspot activity
Did changes in numder of sunspots affect earth in the distant past?
Probably so, and it still does today. We don't know the reason for the connection, but the weather is typically colder during times when the sunspot number is low for long periods. There have been two multi-decade long periods of very low sunspot activity, the Maunder Minimum and the Dalton Minimum. Each is associated with extended periods of unusually cold weather.
What occurs in a eleven year cycle?
The cycle of sunspot activity.
Where can someone monitor online news about sunspot activity?
Sunspot activity has been a common occurence now with today's technology being able to detect the sun's activity at a moment's notice. NASA and Space Weather are some examples of online sites that allow common folks like us to be able to view sunspot activity at the comfort of our homes.
What occurs in a eleven-year cycle in space?
The cycle of sunspot activity.
How many years pass between a year of where there are many sunspots to the next period of lower amounts of sunspots?
Sunspot activity increases and decreases with a frequency of about eleven years from peak to peak, so there are about five and a half years from a period of highest sunspot activity to a period of lowest sunspot activity. The last peak was in 2001, so the next peak is expected in 2012.
How often is there an increase in sunspot activity?
every eleven years lol
Are the number of sunspots on the sun's surface always the same?
No, sunspot activity increases and decreases. Scientists have observed that the level of sunspot activity follows a cycle of about 11 years (11 years from maximum to maximum and 11 years from minimum to minimum).
