The Maunder Minimum Is the Name Given to the

question 5

Multiple Choice

The Maunder minimum is the name given to the

• A) unexpectedly low number of neutrinos observed from the Sun.
• B) region of lowest temperature in the photosphere, between the decreasing temperature in the solar interior and the increasing temperature in the chromosphere.
• C) period of 70 years in the 1600s and early 1700s during which essentially no sunspots were seen.
• D) minimum in the number of sunspots that occurs roughly every 11 years.

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