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Last Post 3/22/2013 10:16 AM by  Yan Li
Sunspot size
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3/22/2013 8:02 AM
    How large was the largest sunspot on the sun?
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    3/22/2013 10:16 AM

    Hi,

    Sunspots range in size from about 1,500 km (932 miles) to around 50,000 km (31,068 miles) in diameter. Huge sunspots can be as large as the size of Jupiter。The Sun itself is about 10 times of the size of Jupiter in diameter。

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