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| A powerful flare lasting 13 minutes occurred on the Sun |
| 2024-03-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] On the night of March 9, a strong high-class M solar flare was recorded, the Institute of Applied Geophysics reported. “An M1.3 flare lasting 13 minutes was recorded,” the institute told TASS. The outbreak was recorded on March 9 at 00:26 Moscow time. According to space weather monitoring data, the impact of solar X-ray bursts on the Earth's ionosphere in the last 24 hours was at its lowest R1 level. Solar flares, depending on the power of X-ray radiation, are divided into five classes: A, B, C, M and X, where A is the minimum class. When moving to the next letter, the power increases 10 times. Flares are accompanied by emissions of solar plasma, reaching the Earth, they can provoke magnetic storms. As reported by IA Regnum, the last strong ejection of prominences on the Sun occurred on February 17, 2023, then its intensity was X2.2 points. In addition, on January 9, 2023, a strong X1.9 class flare occurred on the Sun. Senior researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Ugolnikov, in a conversation with Regnum news agency on December 15, 2023, said that auroras will be visible on Earth, which will be the result of another powerful flare on the Sun. He noted that the outbreaks do not have a direct impact on human health. In February 2024, between 01:00 and 02:00 Moscow time, experts recorded the largest explosion in this solar cycle. The X6.3 class flare was the largest since 2017. A day earlier, on February 22, the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the IKI RAS announced two powerful solar flares in less than 12 hours. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 A chuckle from God. Wait 'til s/he laughs. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-03-10 13:35 |