Solar physics meeting at IIA, Bangalore
Solar physics meeting at IIA, Bangalore
Solar physics meeting at IIA, Bangalore
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27 grand minima in last 11,000 years<br />
(from C 14 d<strong>at</strong>a by Usoskin et al. 2007)<br />
Do other stars show Maunder Minimum?<br />
Yes (Baliunas et al. 1995).<br />
Characteristics of Maunder Minimum:<br />
period from 1645-1670:<br />
Very few sunspot in two<br />
hemispheres.<br />
period from 1670-1715:<br />
Sunspots mostly on<br />
southern hemisphere<br />
(Ribes & Nesme-Ribes<br />
1993; Sokoloff & Nesme-<br />
Ribes 1994).