Talk:List of solar cycles
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I'm guessing that this is minimum to minimum; anyone know for sure? Eassin 18:59, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, minimum to minimum. Sagittarian Milky Way 02:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
- No it is not. How do you know, when you are in the minimum. The cycle starts at the end of a minimum, and the beginning of the maximum. This is, when the first spots appear at high latitudes.141.33.192.201 14:14, 29 August 2007
- What does "beginning of the maximum" mean? The maximum is a point. Do you mean the beginning of the increase of new-cycle spots? That has never been the definition of the transition between cycles, though. The historical definition is the point when new-cycle spots consistently outnumber old-cycle spots. 0nullbinary0 (talk) 21:30, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
- No it is not. How do you know, when you are in the minimum. The cycle starts at the end of a minimum, and the beginning of the maximum. This is, when the first spots appear at high latitudes.141.33.192.201 14:14, 29 August 2007
Cycle 23 has not ended yet. A cycle is said to have ended when new cycle spots outnumber old cycle spots (polarities are reversed).
...... FROM NASA: "Old Solar Cycle Returns"
March 28, 2008: Solar Cycle 23, how can we miss you if you won't go away?
Barely three months after forecasters announced the beginning of new Solar Cycle 24, old Solar Cycle 23 has returned. (Actually, it never left. Read on.) http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/28mar_oldcycle.htm ...... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.187.219.28 (talk) 08:11, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
