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X1.5 solar flare on 2022-05-10
ClassX1.5GOES-16 science data
Peak13:552022-05-10 UTC
Duration8 min
Peak flux1.5e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 55 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 2 / 2392 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 22 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2022
X2.2
X1.5
X1.3
X1.1
X1.1
X1.1
X1.0
M9.6
M9.6
M8.7
M8.6
M7.9
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.
← M5.7 2022-05-04M5.6 2022-05-19 →
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A X1.5 flare that began 2022-05-10 13:50 UTC; No. 2 of 2,392 C-class-or-larger flares in 2022.