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A geomagnetic storm started on Earth, caused by a solar flare

Added	Thu, 03/02/2022
Источники	gismeteo.ru
Дата публикации	Thu, 03/02/2022
Версии	The Aurora (Northern lights)

In the area of the AR2936 sunspot, which has been increasing over the past few weeks, there has been a flare-up.

Solar flares are explosive waves of high-energy radiation. Scientists divide strong solar flares into three categories: C (the weakest), M (medium) and X (the most powerful). Class X flashes are 10 times more powerful than Class M flashes.

The M1-class solar flare, which lasted about 4 hours, caused a coronal mass ejection directed towards the Earth.

The predicted time of the magnetic storm is from February 2 to the morning of February 3.

Weak or moderate disturbances are expected, but there is a possibility of the appearance of auroras over the poles.

The AR2936 sunspot region is one of the largest active regions on the surface of the Sun in the new solar cycle. This sunspot is so big that the Earth could fit in it.