claim: The lack of any sunspots suggests the current solar minimum is one of the 'deepest' in 100 years.
evidences.evidence_id: Coronal cloud:14
evidences.article: Coronal cloud
evidences.evidence: By this point, the sunspots are all but gone.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Maunder Minimum:0
evidences.article: Maunder Minimum
evidences.evidence: The Maunder Minimum, also known as the "prolonged sunspot minimum", is the name used for the period around 1645 to 1715 during which sunspots became exceedingly rare, as was then noted by solar observers.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Maunder Minimum:38
evidences.article: Maunder Minimum
evidences.evidence: In total, there seem to have been 18 periods of sunspot minima in the last 8,000 years, and studies indicate that the Sun currently spends up to a quarter of its time in these minima.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Sun:177
evidences.article: Sun
evidences.evidence: At a typical solar minimum, few sunspots are visible, and occasionally none can be seen at all.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Sun:186
evidences.article: Sun
evidences.evidence: At solar-cycle minimum, the toroidal field is, correspondingly, at minimum strength, sunspots are relatively rare, and the poloidal field is at its maximum strength.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS