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M5.2 solar flare on 1982-12-15
ClassM5.2NOAA report
Peak21:591982-12-15 UTC
Duration16 min
Peak flux5.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 88 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 88 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Active region | AR 4025 (11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:50 | 01:59 | 96 | X12.9 | S10E24 | 4026 | |
| 16:20 | 16:37 | 89 | X5.0 | S10E15 | 4026 | |
| 17:03 | 17:10 | 13 | M1.4 | – | 4026 | |
| 20:45 | 21:52 | 156 | M2.5 | S06W01 | 4025 |
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.
← X5.0 1982-12-15X1.6 1982-12-16 →
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A M5.2 flare that began 1982-12-15 21:53 UTC; No. 88 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.