Solar minimum and maximum events with approximate dates
Event Start End
Homeric Minimum 950BC 800BC -
Roman Warm Period 250 BC 400 AD -
Medieval maximum 1 950 1040 (Medieval Warm Period) -
Oort minimum 1040 1080 (Medieval Warm Period) -
Medieval maximum 2 1100 1250 (Medieval Warm Period) -
Wolf minimum 1280 1350 -
Spörer Minimum 1450 1550 -
Maunder Minimum 1645 1715 -
Dalton Minimum 1790 1820 -
Modern Maximum 1914 2008 -
Unspecified 2008 present -
Surface temperature ranges for different stellar classes with Sample star
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