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Listening to the Sounds of the Sun
- peter_d_sherman 6y ago>In the early 1960s, scientists realized that the surface of the Sun oscillates, expanding and contracting in regular cycles of about five minutes. [...] >"Sound waves are characterized by frequency—the number of cycles that pass by a stationary point in one second. Our ears perceive frequency as pitch. The five-minute cycle of the Sun’s surface corresponds to a frequency of about 0.0033 hertz." PDS: Don't forget that anything that resonates at a particular frequency -- also has overtones and undertones of that frequency -- although those will typically be less pronounced...
- a3n 6y agoThese sonification efforts are cool. Especially the recent spider web one. I wonder what it would sound like to sonify selected aspects of human range sound data: voice, wind, road noise, breathing, digestion, birds, crowds, ...