Sun  ID: 10411

The Top 5 Solar Discoveries

Released on March 18, 2009
A countdown of the top 5 solar discoveries from the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. These include the discoveries of sunspots, the solar cycle, the heliosphere, aurora formation, and space weather.
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An introduction plus Number 5 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries, which include the discovery of sunspots by Galileo in 1609.
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Number 4 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries: The Seasons of the Sun. This talks about the discovery and importance of the 11-year solar cycle.
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Number 3 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of how the auroras form from magnetic reconnection.
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Number 2 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of the 'squashed' heliosphere when Voyager 1 and 2 crossed the bubble of solar wind at different distances from the sun. This led to a change in the way we see the shape of our heliosphere.
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Number 1 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the importance of space weather and the research that strives to predict it more accurately.

Credits

Chris Smith (HTSI): Lead Animator
Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC): Video Editor
Troy Cline (Raytheon/GSFC): Narrator
Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC): Producer
Holly Gilbert (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Sten Odenwald (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC): Videographer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC): Writer
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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Heliosphere
SVS >> Solar Cycle
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Sunspots
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> Education
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Copenhagen
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> Voice Over Talent
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Dynamics >> Aurorae

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0