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What is the light colored region around the dark center of a sunspot called?

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What is the center portion of the sunspot called?

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What is the center portion of a sunspot called?

The center portion of a sunspot is called the umbra. It is the darkest part of the sunspot where the magnetic field is strongest and the temperature is cooler than the surrounding areas.


What is the lighter colored region around the dark center of a hotspot called?

The lighter colored region around the dark center of a hotspot is known as the "umbra." It is the innermost and darkest part of a sunspot or the dark central region of a volcanic hotspot.


Dark center of a sunspot?

Umbra.


You saw black dot on sun after rain when you take snap black dot is seen on snap at center what is it?

A sunspot.


Why is the center of a Sunspot dark?

It is not actually dark, it is just dark in comparison to the rest of the Sun's photosphere. This is because the magnetic fields/flux associated with the sunspot inhibit convection and therefore reduce the amount of heat rising from below where they are present.


What is the center of a seesaw called?

The center of a seesaw is called the "fulcrum." It is the pivot point around which the seesaw moves up and down.


What is the line through the center of the sun called?

As far as I know, the sun is always the center of a solar system unless there is something with a greater mass very close by. I believe it would just be called a solar system. 2nd Answer: Good answer! It also could be called a 'heliocentric' model. Heliocentric means, "Sun at the center".


What was the theory of the sun goes around the eath and the earth goes around the sun?

The theory that the Sun revolved around the Earth (i.e. that the Earth is the center) is called Geocentricity. The theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun (i.e. that the Sun is the center) is called Heliocentricity.


What is the center of a dartbroad called?

The very center is the Double Bulls eye, and the small ring around it is the Bulls eye.


What is the center of a dartboard called?

The very center is the double bulls eye, and the small ring around it is just bulls eye.