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M6.5 solar flare on 2000-03-02
ClassM6.5NOAA report
Peak13:432000-03-02 UTC
Duration13 min
Peak flux6.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 23 / 2492 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 40 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S20W58 |
| Active region | AR 8882 (17 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2000
X5.7
X4.0
X2.3
X2.3
X2.0
X1.9
X1.9
X1.8
X1.8
X1.2
X1.2
X1.2
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:20 | 08:28 | 11 | X1.1 | – | – | |
| 08:38 | 08:41 | 9 | M1.1 | S14W66 | 8886 |
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 2000-03-02X1.1 2000-03-22 →
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A M6.5 flare that began 2000-03-02 13:35 UTC; No. 23 of 2,492 C-class-or-larger flares in 2000.