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Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age
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This NASA site provides a description of the remarkable minimum in sunspot counts in the year of 2008, naming it the "blankest year" of the Space Age. The article includes sunspot data records spanning the past 100 years and explains the major benefits and disadvantages of this solar minimum. Images and links for additional information are included.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30sep_bl...
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image credit: SOHO (NASA/ESA); image source; sun at solar max This resource was a Physics To Go feature from March 16, 2009 until April 1, 2009. View the feature here!


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Record Creator: Metadata instance created March 12, 2009 by Logan Hancock
Record Updated: Apr 23, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 September 30, 2008
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AIP Format
Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age (Science@NASA, Greenbelt, 2009), WWW Document, (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30sep_blankyear/).
AJP/PRST-PER
Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age (Science@NASA, Greenbelt, 2009), <http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30sep_blankyear/>.
APA Format
Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age. (2008, September 30). Retrieved May 20, 2013, from Science@NASA: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30sep_blankyear/
Chicago Format
Science@NASA. Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age. Greenbelt: Science@NASA, September 30, 2008. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30sep_blankyear/ (accessed 20 May 2013).
MLA Format
Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age. Greenbelt: Science@NASA, 2009. 30 Sep. 2008. 20 May 2013 <http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30sep_blankyear/>.
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