The 160-minute solar cycle was an apparent periodic oscillation in the solar surface which was observed in a number of early sets of data collected for helioseismology.
The presence of a 160 minute cycle in the Sun is not substantiated by contemporary solar observations, and the historical signal is considered by main-stream scientists to occur as the redistribution of power from the diurnal cycle as a result of the observation window and atmospheric extinction.
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