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Spots on the sun

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(Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.

See also: Spot



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Scientists believe that the number of spots on the sun cycles over time, reaching a peak--the so-called Solar Maximum--every 11 years or so.
In 1609, he discovered spots on the Sun, craters and peaks on the surface of the Moon and satellites orbiting Jupiter, thereby confirming Copernicus's theory that planets orbit the Sun rather than the Earth.
They make constellation creations, spots on the sun, golf ball moons, water-propelled rocketry, a visible planet model and track the sun for a day.
 
 
 
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