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X9.0 solar flare on 2006-12-05
ClassX9.0NOAA report
Peak10:352006-12-05 UTC
Duration27 min
Peak flux9.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 29 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 1 / 164 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 9 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S07E68 |
| Active region | AR 10930 (51 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2006
X9.0
X6.5
X3.4
X1.5
M7.9
M6.0
M3.5
M2.5
M2.0
M1.8
M1.4
M1.3
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:45 | 08:03 | 21 | M1.8 | S07E73 | 10930 |
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.
← M7.9 2006-04-27M6.0 2006-12-06 →
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A X9.0 flare that began 2006-12-05 10:18 UTC; No. 1 of 164 C-class-or-larger flares in 2006.