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X2.3 solar flare on 2013-10-29
ClassX2.3NOAA report
Peak21:542013-10-29 UTC
Duration19 min
Peak flux2.3e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 173 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 4 / 1467 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 37 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2013
X3.3
X3.2
X2.8
X2.3
X2.1
X1.7
X1.7
X1.2
X1.1
X1.1
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.
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A X2.3 flare that began 2013-10-29 21:42 UTC; No. 4 of 1,467 C-class-or-larger flares in 2013.