Glossary term: Tache solaire
Description: Une tache solaire est une région temporaire et froide, causée par un fort champ magnétique dans la photosphère du Soleil. Les taches solaires sont des zones où des tubes de flux magnétique émergent des profondeurs du Soleil. Le champ magnétique élevé augmente la pression magnétique dans ces régions. Pour rester à la même pression que leur environnement, la pression du gaz et du plasma dans la tache solaire doit diminuer, ce qui la rend plus froide que son environnement. Comme elles sont plus froides que la photosphère environnante, les taches solaires peuvent être observées au télescope comme des taches sombres à la surface du Soleil. La taille des taches solaires varie de quelques dizaines de kilomètres à plus de cent mille kilomètres. Elles peuvent persister pendant des périodes allant de quelques jours à quelques mois. Le nombre et l'emplacement des taches solaires sur le Soleil varient au cours du cycle solaire. On pense que d'autres étoiles ont également des taches causées par leurs champs magnétiques.
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