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To: tired&retired
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar  flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

Update: At first it appeared that the CME would completely miss Earth. However, NOAA analysts believe that the outskirts of the cloud might deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on Dec. 1-2. If so, the impact could spark a minor G1-class geomagnetic storm with auroras over northern countries such as Canada, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

It would be a different story if the main body of the CME hit. Then we would be anticipating a strong geomagnetic storm. Maybe next time!

"Next time" could be just days away. The hidden sunspot that produced this major event will rotate onto the Earthside of the sun during the next 24 hours or so. Then its ability to spark geomagnetic storms will be greatly increased. Instant solar flare alerts: SMS Text.

source: spaceweather.com
https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=30&month=11&year=2020

11 posted on 11/30/2020 8:26:25 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: All
If I'm not mistaken, I believe the white ring in the chronograph below represents the disk of the sun, as opposed to the larger blue circle.

In any case, approximately 110 planet earths could fit side by side across the sun's disk/diameter.

That said, think of the humongous scale of this CME...

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar  flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

18 posted on 11/30/2020 8:35:20 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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