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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 03 > Sun has fewest sunspots since 1913

Sun has fewest sunspots since 1913

Good news for GPS, satellites and the climate

By Seth Borenstein / The Bulletin
April 3, 2009

WASHINGTON — The sun has been unusually quiet lately, with fewer sunspots and weaker magnetic fields than in nearly a century.

A quiet sun is good for Earth: GPS systems are more accurate, satellites stay in orbit longer; even the effects of man-made global warming are marginally....

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