Carrington rotation number

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Carrington rotation number [′kar·iŋ·tən rō′tā·shən ‚nəm·bər]

(astronomy)

A method of numbering rotations of the sun based on a mean rotation period of sunspots of 27.2753 days, and starting with rotation number 1 on November 9, 1853.

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