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Sun Spt 1039 triggers solar-flare & solar tsunami
Posted by JAC on 1/18/2010, 4:02 pm
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Posted by JAC on 1/18/2010, 4:02 pm
| Old sunspot 1039 still has some life left in it. Yesterday, Jan. 17th, it unleashed a strong solar flare and triggered a solar tsunami.  The eruption, which took place on the far side of the sun, was invisible from Earth; nevertheless, NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft had a great view. STEREO-B is stationed over the sun's eastern limb where it can see things that we cannot. Solar rotation is slowly turning sunspot 1039 back toward our planet and STEREO-B will keep an eye on it as it approaches. Stay tuned for updates. |
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Sun Spt 1039 triggers solar-flare & solar tsunami - JAC, 1/18/2010, 4:02 pm
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