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Solar Minimum has Arrived
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| 03.06.2006
| Dr. Tony Phillips
Posted on 03/07/2006 2:30:00 AM PST by S0122017
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KevinDavis
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posted on
03/07/2006 2:30:07 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: KevinDavis; SunkenCiv
Ping
sunkenciv:
Thought solar minimum may be related to climate change in the past, so that's why you get pinged too
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posted on
03/07/2006 2:31:39 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: S0122017
How do we know that all the sun spots have not moved to the other side????
To: Quick Shot
Cause the sun spins on it's axis and earth spins around the sun.
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posted on
03/07/2006 2:39:31 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: Quick Shot
How do we know that all the sun spots have not moved to the other side???? Because the sun rotates once in 27 days - we would see them come around.
They can also look at the far side, via radar means: Here's a pic showing one small sunspot:
Earth side Far side
Go to SpaceWeather.com for more.
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posted on
03/07/2006 3:16:04 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Quick Shot
How do we know that all the sun spots have not moved to the other side???? Because it's just another Bush/Rove conspiracy.
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posted on
03/07/2006 3:51:50 AM PST
by
libertylover
(Democrats: Trying since 1968 to transform America into The Great Satan.)
To: S0122017; All
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posted on
03/07/2006 4:16:04 AM PST
by
backhoe
(-30-)
To: S0122017
Ok, I'm late to the story, but isn't it interesting that the Maunder Minimum seems to match up with the "little ice age" dates? What does this say about global warming?
To: T. P. Pole
Global warming is entirely political in origin.
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posted on
03/07/2006 9:52:25 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
To: S0122017; blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
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posted on
03/07/2006 9:52:49 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
To: S0122017
The eleven-year solar cycle is actually twenty-two years. Halfway through, the magnetism of the sunspots reverses.
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posted on
03/07/2006 9:57:14 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: S0122017
Time for the big chill......
We should be cooling like a fresh apple pie.
To: S0122017
Great article. Sunspot activity also affects radio communications. A series of books I'm hooked on,
1632, by Eric Flint which is a SF story that sets and entire town of modern folk into the middle of Germany in 1632 has to take this into account as it continues. Seems that during the Maunder Minimum, it would have been difficult to use shortwave radio for long distance communication because you wouldn't get the atmospheric skip that you do today.
BTW: the above link is a free copy of the entire 1632 novel available from the Baen Free Library.
You can download several books from the series and many others, free of charge. No registration, no nothing. They are available in several different formats. I highly recommend the 1632 series.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:06:23 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Anybody who says XP is more secure than OS X or Linux has been licking toads.)
To: Cold Heat
We should be cooling like a fresh apple pie. Curse your pie talk - its still an hour until lunch here, and I am hungry...
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:06:48 AM PST
by
AzSteven
To: AzSteven
:-)
Had some hot cherry pie with icecream for lunch.......
To: 1066AD; 1ofmanyfree; AlexW; ASOC; bigbob; Brian Allen; BushCountry; Calamari; CenTex; ...
Ham Radio Ping ListPlease Freepmail me if you want to be added to or deleted from the list.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:12:01 AM PST
by
Denver Ditdat
(Melting solder since 1975)
To: Denver Ditdat
Well, guess I'll be leaving my QRP rig (a Yaesu FT-817 with a little "Miracle Whip" antenna) in the closet for a couple more years... :)
}:-)4
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:24:30 AM PST
by
Moose4
("I will shoulder my musket and brandish my sword/In defense of this land and the word of the Lord")
To: Denver Ditdat
"Solar minimum has arrived."No doubt. 17m has been dead. Even WWV on 10MHz is heard to pick up.
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posted on
03/07/2006 11:41:56 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(Ground Zero - microscopic and colossal at the same time.)
To: S0122017
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posted on
03/07/2006 11:58:54 AM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: Quick Shot
"How do we know that all the sun spots have not moved to the other side????"Never try subtle humor on scientists. You will get a straight answer every time.
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posted on
03/07/2006 12:13:18 PM PST
by
Designer
(Just a nit-pick'n and chagrin'n)
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