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X2.3 solar flare on 2000-11-24
ClassX2.3NOAA report
Peak15:132000-11-24 UTC
Duration30 min
Peak flux2.3e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 171 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 4 / 2492 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 22 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N22W07 |
| Active region | AR 9236 (28 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
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.
← X2.0 2000-11-24X1.8 2000-11-24 →
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A X2.3 flare that began 2000-11-24 14:51 UTC; No. 4 of 2,492 C-class-or-larger flares in 2000.