4 groups of sunspots appear simultaneously
This morning, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia detected the presence of four groups of sunspots simultaneously on the surface of the sun, and this is happening for the second time since last July.
The head of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, Eng. Majed Abu Zahira, explained that the sudden spread of sunspots is a sign of the strength of the new solar cycle, and the exit from the very deep minimum state of the previous cycle, noting that this solar cycle is going ahead of schedule, as previous scientific expectations indicated that it will reach It peaks in 2025, but such prevalences support the idea that maximum solar cycle activity can occur as early as a year.
The head of the association stated that the new solar cycle began in the second half of 2020, and during the past months, an increase in activity on the sun was observed steadily, and there is a belief that it will break the weakness of the solar activity that was monitored during the past four cycles, while if the current trends continue, it could It reaches its peak in the year 2024.
He added, "Now you will begin to monitor the gradual increase in the number of sunspots in the remainder of this year 2021, and during the next year 2022, then it will be known whether the new solar cycle will correspond to the predictions or do something completely different. Predicting the solar cycle is still an emerging science, and it is not There is still a lot of uncertainty."
And he indicated that predicting the activity of the solar cycle gives an approximate idea of the frequency of space weather storms of all kinds, from radio disturbances to geomagnetic storms and solar radiation storms, and these predictions are used from several sides to determine the potential impact of space weather in the coming years.
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