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M9.9 solar flare on 1982-06-02
ClassM9.9NOAA report
Peak15:481982-06-02 UTC
Duration72 min
Peak flux9.9e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 43 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S08E83 |
| Active region | AR 3763 (95 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1982
X12.9
X12.0
X10.1
X9.8
X8.0
X7.1
X5.9
X5.0
X4.5
X3.6
X3.2
X3.0
All times UTC. Until June 2017 classes are NOAA's reports of the time (GOES-15 and earlier included a 0.7 scaling factor); later classes come from calibrated GOES-16/18 data, so the same flare reads about 1.4× larger. Do not compare the two periods directly.
← X1.2 1982-05-29X8.0 1982-06-03 →
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A M9.9 flare that began 1982-06-02 15:08 UTC; No. 43 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.