The Maunder Minimum Was a 60-Year Period When

question 47

Multiple Choice

The Maunder Minimum was a 60-year period when:

• A) debris thrown up in a comet collision blanketed out the Sun.
• B) almost no sunspots occurred on the Sun.
• C) the Voyager 2 spacecraft traversed the heliopause.
• D) no dust storms occurred on Mars.

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