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active Sun solar event The Sun during its 11-year cycle of activity when spots, flares, prominences, and variations in radiofrequency radiation are at a maximum. 11 years

Forbush decrease solar event 1954 A decrease in cosmic-ray intensity during active Sun. 11 years Forbush

solar burst solar event Suddenly enhanced nonthermal radio emission from the high solar corona immediately following a solar flare, probably due to energetic electrons trapped in the coronal magnetic field. Bursts are divided into several types, depending on their time frequency characteristics (type III is the most common). They are classified on a scale of importance ranging from -1 (least important) to +3. Bursts are generally attributed to a sudden acceleration of some 10^35-36 electrons to energies greater than 100 keV in less than 1 second. solar flare

solar cycle solar event The 11-year period between maxima (or minima) of solar activity. Every 11 years the magnetic field of the Sun reverses polarity; hence the more basic period may be 22 years. 11 years

solar flare solar burst in the vicinity of a sunspot up to 1500 km s^-1 solar event sudden release of large amounts of energy in a relatively small volume above the solar surface. up to 10¹⁶ g as short as 300 s ionization in Earth's atmosphere may increase by several orders of magnitude producing aurorae, magnetic storms and radio interference. (electron density 10¹¹ compared with 10⁸ in solar quiet times). scale of importance ranging from 3⁺ (largest area) to 1^- (smallest area). Sudden and short-lived brightening of a region of the solar chromosphere. up to 10³² ergs

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Subject	is followed by	has location	has mass ejection velocity	is a kind of	has cause	is an instance of	has ejected mass	has duration	has discovery date	has effect on Earth	has classification	has definition	is preceeded by	has period	has energy	has discoverer
active Sun						solar event						The Sun during its 11-year cycle of activity when spots, flares, prominences, and variations in radiofrequency radiation are at a maximum.		11 years
Forbush decrease						solar event			1954			A decrease in cosmic-ray intensity during active Sun.		11 years		Forbush
solar burst				solar event								Suddenly enhanced nonthermal radio emission from the high solar corona immediately following a solar flare, probably due to energetic electrons trapped in the coronal magnetic field. Bursts are divided into several types, depending on their time frequency characteristics (type III is the most common). They are classified on a scale of importance ranging from -1 (least important) to +3. Bursts are generally attributed to a sudden acceleration of some 10^35-36 electrons to energies greater than 100 keV in less than 1 second.	solar flare
solar cycle						solar event						The 11-year period between maxima (or minima) of solar activity. Every 11 years the magnetic field of the Sun reverses polarity; hence the more basic period may be 22 years.		11 years
solar flare	solar burst	in the vicinity of a sunspot	up to 1500 km s^-1	solar event	sudden release of large amounts of energy in a relatively small volume above the solar surface.		up to 10¹⁶ g	as short as 300 s		ionization in Earth's atmosphere may increase by several orders of magnitude producing aurorae, magnetic storms and radio interference. (electron density 10¹¹ compared with 10⁸ in solar quiet times).	scale of importance ranging from 3⁺ (largest area) to 1^- (smallest area).	Sudden and short-lived brightening of a region of the solar chromosphere.			up to 10³² ergs