[FOTZeiss] Fw: X-class Solar Flare

[Glenn A. Walsh]

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--- On Thu, 3/10/11, SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com> wrote:

> From: SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Subject: X-class Solar Flare
> To: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011, 12:02 AM
> Space Weather News for March 10,
> 2011

> http://spaceweather.com
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> X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE:  March 9th ended with a powerful
> solar flare.  Less than an hour before midnight (UT),
> Earth-orbiting satellites detected an X1.5-class explosion
> from behemoth sunspot 1166.  First-look data suggest
> that the blast did hurl some material toward Earth. 
> Check spaceweather.com for movies of the flare and updates
> on its possible effects.  
> 
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