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Flora, Fauna at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

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Tuesday, 31 January 2023

In this photo from Oct. 14, 2008, a great blue heron stands watch among a pond of water lilies on NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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Planetary Positions

24.12.2024 at 03:30:24 UTC

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Planet	Longitude
The Sun	02 Cap 48' 28"
The Moon	15 Lib 55' 42"
Mercury	10 Sag 53' 26"
Venus	19 Aqu 08' 36"
Mars	04 Leo 08' 52" R
Jupiter	14 Gem 07' 01" R
Saturn	13 Pis 58' 24"
Uranus	23 Tau 50' 55" R
Neptune	27 Pis 12' 25"
Pluto	00 Aqu 49' 46"

Solar Status

BZ Status:	0
Proton Density:	1.49
Proton Speed:	547.6 k/sec
KP Status:	2.67

Type	Dec 24	Dec 25	Dec 26
Active	30%	20%	40%
Minor	15%	40%	15%
Moderate	5%	20%	1%
Strong	1%	1%	1%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT	2.67	2.33	3.67
03-06UT	3.00	2.67	3.00
06-09UT	2.33	2.67	2.33
09-12UT	2.33	2.00	2.33
12-15UT	1.67	4.33	1.67
15-18UT	2.33	5.00	2.00
18-21UT	2.33	5.33	1.67
21-00UT	2.67	3.67	2.00
Solar Activity
Solar activity reached high levels this period. Region 3932 (S17E27, Fkc/beta-gamma-delta) produced an impulsive M8.9 flare (R2-Moderate) at 23/1112 UTC; the largest event of the period. Development continued among the cluster of active regions in the SE quadrant, with a few small delta spots emerging. A new spot region appeared near S11W38 but has not been numbered at the time of this writing.
Solar Wind
Solar wind parameters were weakly enhanced this period. Total field reached a peak of 7 nT and Bz varied between +/- 6 nT Solar wind speeds ranged from 525-630 km/s, and the phi angle was predominantly negative.
Energetic Particle
The greater than 10 MeV proton flux remained elevated above background but well below the S1 threshold, mostly due to activity that erupted on the far side of the Sun over 20 Dec. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux crossed the alert threshold at 23/1520 UTC, with a peak flux of 1540 pfu at 23/1725 UTC, and decreasing below the threshold at 23/1935 UTC.

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Solar Wind

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