Bipolar solar active regions preferentially have one leading magnetic polarity in a given hemisphere and cycle, the opposite leading polarity in the other hemisphere, and reversed assignments in the next cycle. These statistical polarity rules reveal the ordered toroidal component of the solar magnetic field. Individual active regions can violate the preferred pattern, so the law is a statistical regularity rather than an exact rule for every spot pair.
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