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M8.2 solar flare on 1982-12-10
ClassM8.2NOAA report
Peak04:321982-12-10 UTC
Duration118 min
Peak flux8.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 55 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 9 |
| M/X flares that month | 88 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N09E47 |
| Active region | AR 4022 (30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:16 | 00:28 | 27 | M2.5 | – | – | |
| 00:41 | 00:54 | 85 | M2.3 | N07W35 | 4014 | |
| 01:14 | 01:19 | 18 | M2.3 | – | 4014 | |
| 01:56 | 01:59 | 9 | M1.4 | N09E49 | 4022 | |
| 02:36 | 02:48 | 50 | M5.2 | N07W36 | 4014 | |
| 07:53 | 08:06 | 22 | M2.2 | N07W36 | 4014 | |
| 12:04 | 13:32 | 157 | M2.8 | N05W43 | 4014 | |
| 17:48 | 17:59 | 14 | M1.0 | – | 4014 | |
| 18:14 | 18:20 | 18 | M4.1 | – | 4014 |
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 M8.2 flare that began 1982-12-10 03:58 UTC; No. 55 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.