Tirohia te whiti i raro nei, ka whakahoki i te pātai i muri i roto i te reo ano rite te whiti: Passage: I tuhia kitenga o sunspots i roto i te Han Dynasty (206 BC <unk> AD 220) e astronomers Hainamana, i puritia e ratou pūkete o enei kitenga mo nga rau tau. Averroes hoki whakarato i te whakaahuatanga o sunspots i roto i te rau tau 12th. Ko te invention o te telescope i roto i te rau tau 17th wawe whakaaetia kitenga taipitopito o sunspots e Thomas Harriot, Galileo Galilei me ētahi atu astronomers. whakaarohia e Galileo e sunspots i runga i te mata o te Sun, kaua ki te mea iti ahanoa haere i waenganui i te Earth me te Sun. Arab astronomical takoha ngā kitenga o Albatenius e te aronga o te apogee o te Sun (te wahi i roto i te orbit o te Sun whakaritea ki nga whetu te wahi e mea te reira ki te kia nekehanga puhoi) ko te tino. (i roto i ngā tikanga heliocentric hou, i meinga tenei e te
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