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M5.7 solar flare on 2000-07-12
ClassM5.7NOAA report
Peak18:492000-07-12 UTC
Duration26 min
Peak flux5.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 29 / 2492 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 54 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N16W64 |
| Active region | AR 9070 (22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:55 | 05:02 | 14 | M1.2 | N16E31 | 9077 | |
| 10:18 | 10:37 | 28 | X1.9 | N17E27 | 9077 | |
| 16:06 | 16:52 | 120 | M0.1 | – | – | |
| 21:37 | 21:40 | 6 | M1.9 | – | – |
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.
← X1.9 2000-07-12X5.7 2000-07-14 →
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A M5.7 flare that began 2000-07-12 18:41 UTC; No. 29 of 2,492 C-class-or-larger flares in 2000.