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M5.6 solar flare on 2001-12-12
ClassM5.6NOAA report
Peak22:002001-12-12 UTC
Duration37 min
Peak flux5.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 48 / 2429 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 50 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Active region | AR 9727 (22 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
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.
← X2.8 2001-12-11X6.2 2001-12-13 →
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A M5.6 flare that began 2001-12-12 21:41 UTC; No. 48 of 2,429 C-class-or-larger flares in 2001.