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Re: Topband: VANISHING SUNSPOTS (http://spaceweather.com/)

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Subject: Re: Topband: VANISHING SUNSPOTS (http://spaceweather.com/)
From: Kevin Stover <kevin.stover@mediacombb.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 14:59:32 -0500
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It turns out that there have been two cycles back to back with what we would consider bad numbers. They started in 1800 and it lasted three cycles. It's called the Dalton minimum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Minimum

On 6/5/2016 2:50 PM, Kevin Stover wrote:
If I read the reference material correctly there have never been two low cycles in a row except during the Maunder minimum back in 1645 to 1715.


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