The solar storms of August 1972 were a historically powerful series of solar storms with intense to extreme solar flare, solar particle event, and geomagnetic...
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electronics. Intense solar storms may also be hazardous to high-latitude, high-altitude aviation and to human spaceflight. Geomagnetic storms are the cause of...
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The solar storms of May 2024 were a series of powerful solar storms with extreme solar flares and geomagnetic storm components that occurred from 10–13...
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duration after the parent flare erupted than for the great solar storm of 1859. List of solar storms Williams, David R. (July 1, 2013). "Sun Fact Sheet". NASA...
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Carrington Event (redirect from Carrington solar storm)
and CMEs of the August 1972 solar storms were similar to the Carrington event in size and magnitude; however, unlike the 1859 storms, they did not cause...
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by a geomagnetic storm. These include solar energetic particle (SEP) events, geomagnetically induced currents (GIC), ionospheric storms and its disturbances...
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McMath 11976, produced a historic series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in August 1972. One CME traveled to Earth in a record low of...
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Asians with British passports to Britain within 3 months. August 1972 solar storms: A huge solar flare (one of the largest ever recorded) knocks out cable...
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A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, with a magnitude of 1.0386. A solar eclipse occurs...
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1972 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in August 1972: "Bug Suspect...
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Space weather (redirect from Solar influence on the atmosphere)
storm, one of the largest geomagnetic storms disrupted telegraph service and damaged electrical equipment worldwide. The Solar storm of August 1972,...
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sounding balloons. Pioneer 9 in early August 1972 recorded significant observations of one of the most potent solar storms ever recorded, and the most hazardous...
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surface, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, disturbs the heliosphere, creating space weather and causing geomagnetic storms. Coronal mass ejections...
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produce noise storms are still mysterious. Not all active regions that produce other forms of activity such as flares generate noise storms, and unlike...
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Geomagnetic storms that ignite auroras may occur more often during the months around the equinoxes. It is not well understood, but geomagnetic storms may vary...
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Atmosphere of Jupiter (redirect from Jupiter's storm)
merging of three white ovals. Jupiter has powerful storms, often accompanied by lightning strikes. The storms are a result of moist convection in the atmosphere...
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Heliosphere (section Solar wind)
the Sun's own magnetic field are carried outward by the solar wind, producing geomagnetic storms in the Earth's magnetosphere. The heliospheric current...
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Thunderstorm (redirect from Thunder storms)
development. Such storms are rarely severe and are a result of local atmospheric instability; hence the term "air mass thunderstorm". When such storms have a brief...
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century: Solar saros 147: annular solar eclipse of August 4, 2111 Solar saros 148: total solar eclipse of July 4, 2122 Solar saros 149: total solar eclipse...
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the solar wind) or a nearby star. Planets having active magnetospheres, like the Earth, are capable of mitigating or blocking the effects of solar radiation...
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snow, fog and dust storms. Less common events include natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons and ice storms. Almost all familiar...
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Sunrise (category Solar phenomena)
horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon. Although the Sun appears to "rise" from the horizon...
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At least five processes can be involved in altering tide levels during storms. Wind stresses cause a phenomenon referred to as wind setup, which is the...
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Atmosphere of Mars (category Planetary atmospheres of the Solar System)
in colour and brightness of the planet. Planet-encircling dust storms (global dust storms) occur on average every 5.5 Earth years (every 3 Martian years)...
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Spring (season) (category Articles with unsourced statements from August 2022)
(with countries such as Germany, the United States, Canada, and the UK), solar reckoning was traditionally used with the solstices and equinoxes representing...
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Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer[needs Norwegian IPA] (3 September 1874 – 13 August 1957) was a Norwegian mathematician and astrophysicist. In mathematics...
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Phaeton (hypothetical planet) (category Solar System)
hinting to exposure to meteorite storms and its relatively low density compared to the other inner planets. In 1972, Soyuzmultfilm studios produced an...
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Timekeeping on Mars (redirect from Mars local mean solar time)
Mars' "solar hour" is 1⁄24 of a sol (1 hr 1 min 39 sec), a "solar minute" 1⁄60 of a solar hour (61.65 sec), and a "solar second" 1⁄60 of a solar minute...
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4.1 m (13.5 ft) tall, 2 m (6.6 ft) across (5.9 m (19.4 ft) across with solar panels deployed) The primary purpose of the 4M-V orbiter was to study the...
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White House (redirect from White House solar panels)
tree on the north side of the building came down during one of the many storms amid intense flooding. Among the oldest trees on the grounds are several...
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