Solar Storm of 1859

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geomagnetic storm
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Carrington_Event
gptkbp:category space weather event
gptkbp:cause gptkb:coronal_mass_ejection
gptkbp:date 1859-09-01
1859-09-02
gptkbp:duration about 2 days
gptkbp:effect auroras at low latitudes
telegraph system failures
telegraph operators received electric shocks
telegraph pylons sparked
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Solar Storm of 1859
gptkbp:impact disrupted telegraph communications
visible auroras in Caribbean
visible auroras in Cuba
visible auroras in Hawaii
visible auroras in Rome
visible auroras in southern United States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Richard_Carrington
gptkbp:notableFor intensity of geomagnetic disturbance
telegraph system disruptions
widespread auroras
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Richard_Carrington
gptkb:Richard_Hodgson
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:solar_flare_observed_by_Carrington
gptkbp:relatedTo supernova
space weather
geomagnetic storm
gptkbp:significance strongest geomagnetic storm on record
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carrington_Event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7