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X1.0 solar flare on 2023-01-10
ClassX1.0GOES-16 science data
Peak22:472023-01-10 UTC
Duration12 min
Peak flux1.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 98 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 11 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| M/X flares that month | 41 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2023
X4.9
X2.8
X2.2
X2.0
X1.9
X1.6
X1.4
X1.2
X1.2
X1.1
X1.0
X1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:09 | 00:16 | 12 | M5.1 | – | – | |
| 02:08 | 02:16 | 15 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 02:33 | 02:41 | 20 | M2.6 | – | – | |
| 10:59 | 11:08 | 12 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 17:17 | 17:28 | 16 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 17:44 | 17:48 | 7 | M1.2 | – | – |
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.
← M5.1 2023-01-10M5.6 2023-01-11 →
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A X1.0 flare that began 2023-01-10 22:39 UTC; No. 11 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.