A G1 class magnetic storm has begun on Earth. me on this one telegram channel said Mikhail Leus, leading expert at the Phobos meteorological center.
According to Leus, this event was expected.
“At 8 hours 59 minutes Moscow time, the Kp index reflecting the level of geomagnetic field disturbances reached 5 units, which corresponds to a weak magnetic storm of class G1,” he wrote.
It is assumed that the intensity of the magnetic storm may increase to medium level (G2 class). It will last all day on October 28 and end in the early morning hours of October 29.
It was reported that he was on the Sun the day before. dead Second consecutive high-level flare that could trigger weak magnetic storms.
Scientists in mid-October announced about the beginning of the period of maximum solar activity. The most powerful eruption of the current solar cycle so far was the X9.0 eruption on October 3 (the X class indicates the most intense eruption and the number gives more details about its strength).
It has been previously reported that magnetic storms occur on the Sun. in the name Northern Lights in Russia.
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Source: Gazeta
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