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X1.2 solar flare on 2001-04-03
ClassX1.2NOAA report
Peak03:572001-04-03 UTC
Duration90 min
Peak flux1.2e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 338 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 16 / 2429 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 46 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S21E83 |
| Active region | AR 9415 (27 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2001
X20.0
X14.4
X6.2
X5.6
X5.3
X3.4
X2.8
X2.6
X2.3
X2.0
X1.7
X1.6
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:29 | 12:34 | 9 | M2.4 | N15W88 | 9393 |
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.
← X20.0 2001-04-02M8.4 2001-04-05 →
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A X1.2 flare that began 2001-04-03 03:25 UTC; No. 16 of 2,429 C-class-or-larger flares in 2001.