Richard Christopher Carrington
Astronomer
1826 – 1875
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Who was Richard Christopher Carrington?
Richard Christopher Carrington was an English amateur astronomer whose 1859 astronomical observations demonstrated the existence of solar flares as well as suggesting their electrical influence upon the Earth and its aurorae; and whose 1863 records of sunspot observations revealed the differential rotation of the Sun.
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- Born
- May 26, 1826
Chelsea - Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- Died
- Nov 27, 1875
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on July 23, 2013
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