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M6.8 solar flare on 2002-12-20
ClassM6.8NOAA report
Peak13:182002-12-20 UTC
Duration7 min
Peak flux6.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 18 / 2553 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 10 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S25W34 |
| Active region | AR 10226 (37 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2002
X4.8
X3.3
X3.1
X3.0
X2.1
X1.8
X1.5
X1.5
X1.5
X1.2
X1.0
X1.0
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.
← M7.4 2002-11-18X1.5 2003-03-17 →
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A M6.8 flare that began 2002-12-20 13:13 UTC; No. 18 of 2,553 C-class-or-larger flares in 2002.