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Bob Zimmerman gives the latest on the sun’s current mediocre performance in the solar cycle: \u00a0An upbeat wimpy maximum holds on- Behind The Black<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bob Zimmerman gives the latest on the sun’s current mediocre performance in the solar cycle: \u00a0An upbeat wimpy maximum holds on- Behind The Black<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1sO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14507,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14507","url_meta":{"origin":5630,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 over North America – August 21","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A total solar eclipse will pass over North America on August 21st. 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