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A Measure of the Solar Rotation During the Maunder Minimum

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In this paper we present a measure of the synodic solar rotation rate derived from an analysis of a Flamsteed drawing, corroborating the decrease of the solar rotation in the deep Maunder minimum (1666–1700).

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  1. Departamento de Física, Escuela Politécnica, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda de la Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres, Spain

    J.M. Vaquero

  2. Departamento de Electrónica e Ingeniería Electromecánica, Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales, Universidad de Extremadura, Ctra de Elvas s/n, 06071, Badajoz, Spain

    F. Sánchez-bajo

  3. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Ctra de Elvas s/n, 06071, Badajoz, Spain

    M.C. Gallego

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Vaquero, J., Sánchez-bajo, F. & Gallego, M. A Measure of the Solar Rotation During the Maunder Minimum. Solar Physics 207, 219–222 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016262813525

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