What is the weekly average of coronal mass ejections the sun sends out?

Question

What is the average number of coronal mass ejections that the sun sends out each week, including those that are not directed towards Earth?

Answer 1

From the CME Chase Page at NASA (http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/nicky/cme-chase.html) :

Near solar activity maximum, the sun produces about 3 CMEs every day, whereas near solar minimum it produces only about 1 CME every 5 days.

That page also has a lot of interesting information about CME's, their mass, speed and their magnetic field. Well worth a read.