Before 1998, what results were obtained in the detection of solar neutrinos?
A) No neutrinos were detected at all.
B) About 6 times as many neutrinos were observed as were expected from theoretical models of the Sun.
C) The neutrinos were about twice as energetic on average as was predicted by theoretical models of the Sun.
D) Only about 1/3 of the expected number of neutrinos were observed, compared with theoretical models of the Sun.

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Before 1998, experiments detected only about one-third of the neutrinos that theoretical models predicted should be coming from the Sun. This discrepancy was known as the solar neutrino problem.

Before 1998, What Results Were Obtained in the Detection of Solar