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X1.3 solar flare on 1989-06-02
ClassX1.3NOAA report
Peak16:071989-06-02 UTC
Duration60 min
Peak flux1.3e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 303 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 41 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 96 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S24E59 |
| Active region | AR 5517 (19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:05 | 06:06 | 14 | M2.0 | S20E61 | 5517 | |
| 10:12 | 10:16 | 9 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 17:35 | 17:38 | 17 | M1.3 | S22W31 | 5511 | |
| 18:10 | 18:15 | 96 | M1.4 | S19E53 | 5517 | |
| 18:11 | 18:15 | 32 | M1.7 | S20E56 | 5517 |
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.
← M6.6 1989-05-30X1.0 1989-06-03 →
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A X1.3 flare that began 1989-06-02 15:57 UTC; No. 41 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.