laney h
when did scientists first learn that a lot iof the sun's features were of a magnetic origin? thx
Hi Laney,
The first observations of magnetic fields on the Sun were done by George Ellery Hale in 1908 at Mount Wilson Observatory in California.
There is more about it here:
http://sunearthday.gsfc.n...cations/ttt_atob.php
http://physics1.usc.edu/s...istory.html#MAGNETIC
This was a key discovery - vital to our current understanding of the Sun.
best, Terry