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Solar maximum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Solar maximum or solar max is the period of greatest solar activity in the solar cycle of the sun. During solar maximum, sunspots appear. Solar maximum is contrasted with solar minimum. Solar maxim...
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Solar Maximum Mission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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NASA Science News: NASA scientists say solar maximum is in full swing. Is it safe to make one last dash to the beach before the end of Northern summer. ... In space, radiation levels during solar maximum can be much higher than they are at solar minimum, posing hazards to astronauts and orbiting satellites. But,
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Solar Max 2000. Your guide to the year of the active sun. News, images, updates on NASA solar mission, and background on solar maximum. ... White Light image from Big Bear Solar Observatory. More current solar images available at Big Bear Solar Observatory.
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Because solar activity (such as coronal mass ejections) is more frequent at solar maximum and less frequent at solar minimum, geomagnetic activity also follows the solar cycle. Why is there a solar cycle? No one knows the answer to this question.
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Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) ... The Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) was launched on 14 February 1980 to, primarily, study the Sun during the high part of the solar cycle. ... The primary objective of HXRBS was to study hard X-ray spectra of solar flares on time scales as short as 10 ms. The Principal Investigator was K. Frost.
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Recently researchers announced that a storm is coming--the most intense solar maximum in fifty years. The prediction comes from a team led by Mausumi Dikpati of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
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