Abstract
AbstractA Butterfly Diagram showing the spotted area distribution is presented. The diagram reveals that most of the spotted area is concentrated in few, small portions (“knots”) of the butterfly wings. A knot may appear at either lower or higher latitudes than previous ones, in a seemingly random way; accordingly, the spot mean latitude abruptly drifts equatorward or even poleward at any knot activation, in spite of any smoothing procedure. The description, assuming that spots scatter around the “spot mean latitude” steadily drifting equatorward, is questioned. In a relevant number of cases, knots appear to be arranged in two roughly parallel, oblique streams, the “spot mean latitude” being located in the underspotted band lying between these streams.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Astronomy and Astrophysics,Space and Planetary Science
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