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Powerful ‘X-class’ solar flare
April 6 , 2023
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- The Sun sent out a powerful “X-class” solar flare that peaked at 8.03 AM March 29.
- The flare was classified as an X1.2 flare.
- The solar flare was detected by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.
- It came from a sunspot region on our solar system’s central star called AR3256.
- There are four classes of solar storms–B, C, M and X.
- A C-class storm is 10 times more powerful than a B-class storm and so on.
- Each class is therefore divided into nine subdivisions.
- The X-class denotes the strength of the flare.
- The number that comes after it signifies their strength at a finer scale.
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