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A sunspot is a part of the Sun that is cooler, and therefore darker, than the surroundings.
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Explosions that occur when the loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect?
solar flare
Is the spectacular eruption of gas from the surface of the sun called a sunspot?
No. A sunspot is a slightly cooler area of the surface associated with magnetic disturbances within the Sun. The eruptions of gas are called prominences, and they are related to the phenomenon called solar flares.
What is a sunspot and the pattern that exists in the number of sunspots that are observed?
A sunspot is a dark spot on the sun.The number of sunspots changes in cycles of about 11 years.sometimes there are many, and sometimes there are few.
What are the 5 features of the sun?
1) Prominence 2) Solar Flare 3) Granule 4) Sunspot 5) Spicule
Do sunspots explode?
Sunspots do not explode, sunspots are cooler regions of the Sun's surface caused by what are basically magnetic field "tangles" stopping the convection that brings heat to the solar surface. When the "tangle" untangles or snaps back the Sunspot fades away as that bit of the surface heats back up. For explosions on the surface of the Sun, try looking up solar flares or corona.
What often link different parts of sunspot regions on the surface of the sun?
Magnetic field lines.
Why does sunspot appear black when observed on earth?
Sunspots are actually the colder regions on the sun's surface, due to which comparatively less radiations are emitted by these regions than the rest of the surface of the sun. That is why they appear to be black.
What are loops of gas on the sun that link different parts of sunspot regions together?
It has to be solar flares, supra-sunspots, solar wind, or prominences.
What is a cooler area on the sun's surface?
An area on the sun that is cooler is called a sunspot.
Do meteors cause sunspot?
No they do not. S sunspot is basically a magnetic storm on the the Sun's Photosphere.
Where can you find sunspot?
On the Sun. (in the Photosphere)
What are reddish loops of gas that connect sunspot regions?
prominences
What are dark spots on the sun where gas is cooler?
The cooler dark spots on the sun are called sunspots.
What is a sun spot or a sun flare?
a sunspot is a area on the sun's atmosphere a solar flare is a very hot surface of the sun. -stephanie kinghorn- a sunspot is a area on the sun's atmosphere a solar flare is a very hot surface of the sun. -stephanie kinghorn- a sunspot is a area on the sun's atmosphere a solar flare is a very hot surface of the sun. -stephanie kinghorn- a sunspot is a area on the sun's atmosphere a solar flare is a very hot surface of the sun. -stephanie kinghorn- a sunspot is a area on the sun's atmosphere a solar flare is a very hot surface of the sun. -stephanie kinghorn-
What is the darkened area of a sunspot is a .?
A sun spot
In what layer of the Sun's atmosphere do sunspot occur?
They occur on the photosphere of the Sun.
What are sunspot maximums and sunspot minimums?
Sunspot maximum and sunspot minimum are the points in time (roughly 6 years apart) when the sun is producing the most, or the least sunspots. In the past this has been measured both by sunspot area and sunspot count and is directly tied to the solar magnetic cycle.
