solar flare Comparison Table

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solar flare comparison table

Subject has energy has ejected mass has classification has definition has effect on Earth has location has mass ejection velocity is followed by is a kind of has cause has duration

solar event celestial event

solar flare up to 10³² ergs up to 10¹⁶ g scale of importance ranging from 3⁺ (largest area) to 1^- (smallest area). Sudden and short-lived brightening of a region of the solar chromosphere. ionization in Earth's atmosphere may increase by several orders of magnitude producing aurorae, magnetic storms and radio interference. (electron density 10¹¹ compared with 10⁸ in solar quiet times). in the vicinity of a sunspot up to 1500 km s^-1 solar burst solar event sudden release of large amounts of energy in a relatively small volume above the solar surface. as short as 300 s

Subject	has energy	has ejected mass	has classification	has definition	has effect on Earth	has location	has mass ejection velocity	is followed by	is a kind of	has cause	has duration
solar event									celestial event
solar flare	up to 10³² ergs	up to 10¹⁶ g	scale of importance ranging from 3⁺ (largest area) to 1^- (smallest area).	Sudden and short-lived brightening of a region of the solar chromosphere.	ionization in Earth's atmosphere may increase by several orders of magnitude producing aurorae, magnetic storms and radio interference. (electron density 10¹¹ compared with 10⁸ in solar quiet times).	in the vicinity of a sunspot	up to 1500 km s^-1	solar burst	solar event	sudden release of large amounts of energy in a relatively small volume above the solar surface.	as short as 300 s

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