Persons eight to 16 years of age must be secured in a properly adjusted seat belt regardless of seat position in the vehicle. All persons under the age of 18 must be secured by a child safety seat or safety belt when the vehicle they are riding in is driven by a person under the age of 18.
Solar Flares. A solar flare is an enormous explosion in the solar atmosphere. It results in sudden bursts of particle acceleration, heating of plasma to tens of millions of degrees, and the eruption of large amounts of solar mass.
Three recent solar cycles. Solar minimum is the period of least solar activity in the 11 year solar cycle of the sun. During this time, sunspot and solar flare activity diminishes, and often does not occur for days at a time. The date of the minimum is described by a smoothed average over 12 months of sunspot activity, so identifying the date of the solar minimum usually can only happen 6 months after the minimum takes place.