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X2.7 solar flare on 1998-05-06
ClassX2.7NOAA report
Peak08:091998-05-06 UTC
Duration22 min
Peak flux2.7e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 130 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 6 / 1296 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 17 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S11W65 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1998
X4.9
X3.9
X3.7
X3.3
X2.8
X2.7
X2.5
X2.2
X1.2
X1.2
X1.1
X1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:10 | 07:25 | 31 | M2.9 | S11W65 | 8210 |
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.
← X1.1 1998-05-02M7.7 1998-05-09 →
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A X2.7 flare that began 1998-05-06 07:58 UTC; No. 6 of 1,296 C-class-or-larger flares in 1998.