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Maunder Minimum
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Maunder minimum
English
Alternative forms
en Maunder minimum
Etymology
First noted by Gustav Spörer in publications in 1887 and 1889, work that was relayed to the Royal Astronomical Society in London, and then expanded on, by the solar astronomers Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928) and (his wife) Annie S. D. Maunder (1868–1947).
Proper noun
Maunder Minimum 1
en astronomy climatology The period between 1645 and 1715 marked by records and other indications of very low levels of sunspot activity of the Sun, corresponding to a period of global cooling.
Hypernyms
solar minimum
Derived terms
en Maunder minimum#Noun
Further reading
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