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Hale's polarity law: a standalone construct

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Solar physics

the rule that leading and following sunspots in bipolar groups have opposite magnetic polarity, reversed between hemispheres and from one sunspot cycle to the next.

In solar physics, Hale's polarity law refers to the rule that leading and following sunspots in bipolar groups have opposite magnetic polarity, reversed between hemispheres and from one sunspot cycle to the next. This meaning comes from Hale (1919) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Hale, G. E., Ellerman, F., Nicholson, S. B., & Joy, A. H. (1919). The Magnetic Polarity of Sun-Spots. The Astrophysical Journal, 49, 153. https://doi.org/10.1086/142452

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