[MIham] Fw: X-class Solar Flare

[Frank]

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Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:02 AM
Subject: X-class Solar Flare


Space Weather News for March 10, 2011
http://spaceweather.com

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.