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Space Weather: 10% Chance Of M-Class Flares Today
Todays sunspot number is 89.Sunspot AR1723 has the energy to throw of flares but NOAA estimate the chances of that are 10% for M-class flares and 0.1% for X-class flares.
The Lyrid shower continues with the number of meteors seen each hour increasing slightly. The meteor shower is predicted to peak on the nights of April 21-22nd.
Communications with Mars rovers and orbiters has been suspended by NASA. During April Mars passes almost totally behind the Sun and this disrupts radio communications between the rovers and NASA control.
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2013-04-18 04:00:21
Source: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/space-weather-10-chance-of-m-class-flares-today_042013
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