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M7.2 solar flare on 2024-05-17
ClassM7.2GOES-16 science data
Peak21:082024-05-17 UTC
Duration52 min
Peak flux7.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 86 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 148 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2024
X8.9
X8.6
X7.0
X5.8
X4.4
X4.4
X3.9
X3.4
X3.3
X3.2
X2.9
X2.8
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.
← X2.9 2024-05-15X2.8 2024-05-27 →
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A M7.2 flare that began 2024-05-17 20:33 UTC; No. 86 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.