Astronomy & Cosmology
Evershed effect (Kodaikanal Observatory)
1909Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (John Evershed)Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu)Tamil Nadu
1909
Discovery of radial gas flows in sunspot penumbrae.
- Dated
- 1909
- As scholars put it
- 1909
- Originator
- Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (John Evershed)
- Source text
- Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu)
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Discipline
- Astronomy & Cosmology
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Discovered at an Indian observatory by the British astronomer John Evershed: an India-based, not Indian-born, discovery.
Path to modern innovation
A standard phenomenon in solar physics.
1909Evershed effect (Kodaikanal Observatory)
2023References
- 1Evershed (1909)
Further reading
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