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mnpfrg t1_j3v9k0k wrote

Reply to comment by mcmalloy in Huge solar flare erupts on the sun from 'hyperactive' sunspot | Space by mzpip

You are greatly exaggerating the potential effects of that flare. Also it missed by roughly seven days in the sun’s rotation not earth’s orbit. The distance earth travels in its orbit in a week is nothing compared to the size of a cme.

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mcmalloy t1_j3vb1u3 wrote

Okay my bad. I’m still quite sure it would have been powerful enough to fry our satellites etc

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mnpfrg t1_j3wqs5h wrote

I'm not sure what the failure rate of satellites would have been, but yeah it's definitely possible that a bunch would have been knocked out.

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