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| The Earth's magnetosphere can be rocked by solar wind |
| 2024-10-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Earth's magnetosphere may "sway" due to solar activity, the Phobos weather center reported on October 15. "The Earth will pass through a stream of fast solar wind. The first signs of this in the form of weak disturbances in the geomagnetic field have already been noted in the middle of today," the report says. Experts note that a weak magnetic storm is expected on Wednesday. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on October 8, the leading specialist of the Phobos weather center, Mikhail Leus, reported a strong magnetic storm on Earth. On October 2 and 3, two powerful flares of the maximum class X–X7.1 and X9 were recorded on the Sun, and at that time, spot group No. 3842 was located near the Sun-Earth line, due to which two clouds of solar plasma ejected by the flares should have reached the Earth and caused strong and prolonged magnetic storms on it. On October 10, scientists warned of the approach of the largest magnetic storm in six months to the Earth. One of its consequences was the northern lights, which were observed by residents of Russia, among others. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 This is something most ham radio operators have known about for years...and the Rooskies are just figuring it out? |
| Posted by: Heavy+G 2024-10-16 12:35 |