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The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.
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July 2012 solar storm
Notable coronal mass ejection
The solar storm of 2012 was a solar storm involving an unusually large and strong coronal mass ejection that occurred on July 23, 2012. It missed Earth by a margin of roughly nine days, as the Sun's equator rotates around its own axis once over a period of about 25 days.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Coronal mass ejection
Ejecta from the Sun's corona
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a significant ejection of plasma mass from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere. CMEs are often associated with solar flares and other forms of solar activity, but a broadly accepted theoretical understanding of these relationships has not been…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sun
Star at the centre of the Solar System
The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as visible light and infrared radiation with 10% at…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Earth
Third planet from the Sun
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its global ocean, covering…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
July 23
Day of the year
July 23 is the 204th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 161 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)