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X4.5 solar flare on 1989-03-10
ClassX4.5NOAA report
Peak19:121989-03-10 UTC
Duration190 min
Peak flux4.5e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 63 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 7 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 100 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N31E22 |
| Active region | AR 5395 (107 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1989
X20.0
X15.0
X13.0
X9.8
X6.5
X5.7
X4.5
X4.1
X4.0
X4.0
X3.9
X3.6
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:00 | 03:04 | 10 | M1.4 | N34E31 | 5395 | |
| 11:09 | 11:39 | 76 | M4.5 | N34E29 | 5395 | |
| 15:25 | 15:27 | 21 | M1.1 | N32E27 | 5395 | |
| 17:32 | 17:36 | 27 | M1.1 | N32E24 | 5395 |
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.
← X4.0 1989-03-09M9.7 1989-03-11 →
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A X4.5 flare that began 1989-03-10 18:48 UTC; No. 7 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.