I believe the cycle begins some time in 2013.
No.
No, they are two different things. A sun spot is a cooler spot on the sun and a hot spot is a violent explosion
The sun at the moment is considered to be in the mid point of its life. At present it is growing a little every year. Every 11 years it increases in sun spot activity. It is at present going through a high sun spot period.
Areas of volcanic activity that develop above rising plumes of magma are called hot spots.
Mars follows Earth as the next planet out from the sun.
No.
No the sun rotates once every 25.05 - 34.3 days depending on latitude. (25.05 at equator and 34.3 at the poles) What you are referring to is the solar cycle. This is a change in the magnetic activity of our sun. During solar maximum (2001 last and 2012 next) sun spot activity and coronal mass ejections greatly increases.
In the words of bekey "As the sun spot activity increases, the Earth tends to warm up. Conversely as sun spot decreases the Earth tends to cool a bit."
In the words of bekey "As the sun spot activity increases, the Earth tends to warm up. Conversely as sun spot decreases the Earth tends to cool a bit."
A sun spot
The dark spots on the surface of the sun are sunspots. They are caused by intense magnetic activity which stops convection and causes a relatively cool spot.
No, they are two different things. A sun spot is a cooler spot on the sun and a hot spot is a violent explosion
The sun at the moment is considered to be in the mid point of its life. At present it is growing a little every year. Every 11 years it increases in sun spot activity. It is at present going through a high sun spot period.
The dark spots on the surface of the sun are sunspots. They are caused by intense magnetic activity which stops convection and causes a relatively cool spot.
You are mistaken. The red spot is on Jupiter, not the sun (and it actually is red in color, hence the name).
Sun spot
there is about over 10,000,000 sun spots on the sun