Whirlpools on the sun

[h.g.Whiz]

They discovered a whirlpool the size of a hurricane on the sun a couple of days ago. I wonder if they effect our weather.

 

[wollery]

Could you please link to a story about this. Googling "Sun whirlpool" gets no obvious results.

 

[h.g.Whiz]

http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14878-hurricanesized-whirlpools-spotted-on-the-sun.html

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

They discovered a whirlpool the size of a hurricane on the sun a couple of days ago. I wonder if they effect our weather.

Why not check with your kindergarten teacher? They may have a book called "Everything a Six-year Old Should Know about Sunspots" she can read to you.

 

[KingMerv00]

I wonder if they effect our weather.

Unlikely unless it results in a change in solar output. "Hurricane size" is a tiny tiny speck when compared to the sun.

 

[Starthinker]

I think an Earth sized whirlpool on the sun is a tiny speck.

 

[PixyMisa]

Yep. The Earth is considerably smaller relative to the Sun than a hurricane is relative to the Earth.

 

[CardZeus]

Watch out for the weather forecast tonight:

"Hurricane size 'whirlpool' sunpot will affect temperatures tomorrow. Expect 0.01K cooler than today"

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

They discovered a whirlpool the size of a hurricane on the sun a couple of days ago. I wonder if they effect our weather.

But observations over the past two decades have failed to spot these small whirlpools, which require a very high resolution to detect...
The team tracked bright spots produced by moving plasma. The spots showed a swirling pattern about the size of a hurricane on Earth.
After further observation, the team found 138 of these whirlpools, each of which survived for only 5 minutes before disappearing.

Small, barely detectable, whirlpools lasting 5 minutes. Don't put on your slickers just yet.

 

[wollery]

Small, barely detectable, whirlpools lasting 5 minutes. Don't put on your slickers just yet.

Small, barely detectable, whirlpools lasting 5 minutes, that were predicted by theory long before they were actually seen.

 

[Neutiquam Erro]

But isn't a whirlpool the same thing as a black hole? ZOMG! IT'S EATING THE SUN!!!

 

[Small Town Jesus]

Maybe there's a giant sun-squid at the bottom of the whirlpool feeding on the embers of unfortunate sun-sailors as their sun-ships are caught in its inescapable pull and they swirl down to their fiery doom.

 

[ElMondoHummus]

I'm confused... how'd they boost a kitchen appliance up to the sun?

yeep!...

 

[h.g.Whiz]

Whirlpools blackholes, and sunspots

Aren't sunspots really just whirlpool shadows?

 

[Reality Check]

Aren't sunspots really just whirlpool shadows?

No

 

[paximperium]

Aren't sunspots really just whirlpool shadows?

No.

 

[Starthinker]

Aren't sunspots really just whirlpool shadows?

No.

 

[wollery]

Aren't sunspots really just whirlpool shadows?

Did you actually read the article you linked to?

 

[paximperium]

Did you actually read the article you linked to?

H.G. has this belief that any spiral phenomena is evidence for his belief in a "whirlpool power".

 

[Dancing David]

Aren't sunspots really just whirlpool shadows?

No.