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X12.0 solar flare on 1982-06-06
ClassX12.0NOAA report
Peak16:541982-06-06 UTC
Duration162 min
Peak flux1.2e-03W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 11 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 2 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S09E25 |
| 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
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:50 | 03:12 | 52 | M1.3 | S10E32 | 3763 | |
| 13:27 | 13:28 | 27 | M1.6 | S10E25 | 3763 | |
| 13:57 | 14:31 | 93 | M6.0 | S10E25 | 3763 |
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.
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A X12.0 flare that began 1982-06-06 16:30 UTC; No. 2 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.