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X2.9 solar flare on 1982-06-13
ClassX2.9NOAA report
Peak09:461982-06-13 UTC
Duration100 min
Peak flux2.9e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 116 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 13 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N10E76 |
| Active region | AR 3776 (73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:54 | 05:01 | 26 | M1.0 | N10E75 | 3776 | |
| 11:32 | 11:34 | 24 | M2.0 | S10W63 | 3763 | |
| 18:18 | 18:19 | 46 | M2.1 | N12E60 | 3776 | |
| 23:26 | 23:28 | 72 | M2.1 | N08E62 | 3776 |
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.
← X3.6 1982-06-12X1.2 1982-06-14 →
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A X2.9 flare that began 1982-06-13 09:34 UTC; No. 13 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.