Editing Solar cycle (section)

==== Cycle 23 ====
{{Main|Solar cycle 23}}
Solar cycle 23 lasted 11.6&nbsp;years, beginning in May&nbsp;1996 and ending in January&nbsp;2008. The maximum smoothed sunspot number (monthly number of sunspots averaged over a twelve-month period) observed during the solar cycle was 120.8 (March&nbsp;2000), and the minimum was 1.7.<ref name="SIDC Monthly Smoothed Sunspot Number">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sidc.be/silso/datafiles|title=Sunspot Number &#124; SILSO |website=www.sidc.be}}</ref> A total of 805&nbsp;days had no sunspots during this cycle.<ref name="Spotless Days">{{cite web |title=Spotless Days |url=http://spaceweather.com/glossary/spotlessdays.htm?PHPSESSID=dli444kmrjgre0rjq6l86fv144}}</ref><ref name="What's Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing)">{{cite web |title=What's wrong with the Sun? (Nothing) more information: Spotless Days |url=https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/11jul_solarcycleupdate.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714032353/https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/11jul_solarcycleupdate.htm |archive-date=2008-07-14}}</ref><ref name="Solaemon's Spotless Days Page">{{cite web |title=Solaemon's Spotless Days Page |url=http://users.telenet.be/j.janssens/Spotless/Spotless.html |access-date=2015-08-15 |archive-date=2017-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722234836/http://users.telenet.be/j.janssens/Spotless/Spotless.html }}</ref>