• CME heights (with respect to the disk center) are measured at the fastest segment of the leading edge.
  • PA= Position Angle measured from Solar North in degrees (counter-clockwise)
  • Halo CMEs are indicated in the "Central PA" column. The letters ("S", "BA", "OA") in the brackets show type of halo CMEs. See examples.
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    First C2 Appearance
    Date Time [UT]
    Central
    PA
    [deg]
    Angular
    Width [deg]
    Linear
    Speed [km/s]
    2nd-order Speed at final height [km/s] 2nd-order Speed at 20 Rs [km/s] Accel
    [m/s2]
    Mass
    [gram]
    Kinetic
    Energy
    [erg]
    MPA [deg] Movies, plots, & links Remarks
    1997/04/01 06:22:00 79 68 267 229 0 -4.8*1 1.3e+14 4.8e+28 83 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    1997/04/01 09:24:33 69 74 496 743 1756 125.4*1 2.8e+13*2 3.4e+28*2 93 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2005/12/21; Poor Event
    1997/04/01 12:05:23 80 58 272 253 0 -11.2*1 1.4e+13*2 5.3e+27*2 73 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2005/12/21; Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/01 15:18:38 354 10 373 450 1128 49.4*1 ---- ---- 354 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/01 15:18:38 74 79 312 293 243 -2.2*1 3.1e+14 1.5e+29 73 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    1997/04/01 18:21:06 0 6 386 --- --- --- ---- ---- 359 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/02 04:14:31 239 17 781 --- --- --- ---- ---- 250 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/02 05:29:54 293 7 186 258 629 16.2*1 ---- ---- 287 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only C2
    1997/04/02 07:17:02 75 82 367 418 895 31.0*1 6.4e+13*2 4.3e+28*2 84 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/02 14:57:15 331 6 516 --- --- --- ---- ---- 329 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/02 15:19:04 301 15 187 158 0 -11.4*1 ---- ---- 297 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only C2
    1997/04/02 17:37:47 299 8 298 361 822 26.6*1 ---- ---- 291 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event; Only C2
    1997/04/02 22:55:02 295 13 372 541 1624 109.1*1 ---- ---- 286 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/02 23:24:24 202 7 434 --- --- --- ---- ---- 207 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/03 00:37:36 304 14 350 457 1243 64.4*1 ---- ---- 298 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/03 02:02:51 9 7 374 23 0 -224.7*1 ---- ---- 12 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/03 09:33:41 213 7 584 918 2173 202.0*1 ---- ---- 225 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/03 14:02:33 100 41 350 392 496 6.4*1 1.5e+12 9.4e+26 96 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event
    1997/04/04 01:56:09 311 12 320 361 813 24.1*1 ---- ---- 302 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/04 02:28:24 262 41 282 286 313 0.8*1 2.4e+13 9.5e+27 260 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event; Only C2
    1997/04/04 05:09:14 280 72 185 283 291 3.1 4.3e+15 7.3e+29 285 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/04 18:57:00 95 41 206 202 169 -0.7*1 1.9e+14 3.9e+28 90 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/05 02:52:44 93 37 163 164 175 0.2*1 1.8e+12 2.4e+26 95 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event
    1997/04/05 11:26:16 337 10 181 211 579 13.2*1 ---- ---- 334 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only C2
    1997/04/05 14:06:42 306 10 283 292 468 6.0*1 ---- ---- 302 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/05 21:37:22 170 5 382 --- --- --- ---- ---- 168 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/06 01:24:33 301 7 675 842 1475 84.0*1 ---- ---- 295 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only 3 points
    1997/04/06 05:52:07 250 7 368 517 1474 89.9*1 ---- ---- 259 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/06 10:51:23 98 20 166 157 132 -0.6*1 4.4e+13 6.1e+27 95 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/07 01:03:30 97 31 146 212 274 2.9*1 9.1e+13 9.7e+27 92 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event
    1997/04/07 06:26:05 320 >143 145 143 137 -0.1*1 4.2e+14*2 4.4e+28*2 319 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Uncertain Width; Partial Halo
    1997/04/07 14:27:44 Halo (S) 360 878 905 896 3.3 1.0e+16*2 4.0e+31*2 123 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/07 18:01:22 247 9 364 403 804 23.5*1 ---- ---- 254 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/08 16:05:04 53 11 313 606 2051 177.8*1 ---- ---- 60 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/09 12:06:52 277 63 485 519 529 3.2 1.4e+15 1.7e+30 263 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/09 21:48:29 270 39 186 268 305 3.6*1 4.5e+14 7.8e+28 272 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event
    1997/04/10 00:48:52 106 28 146 142 138 -0.1*1 1.3e+15 1.4e+29 103 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/10 03:25:49 92 45 190 260 579 13.3*1 8.5e+13 1.5e+28 88 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event; Only C2
    1997/04/11 02:06:28 96 41 155 144 29 -1.2*1 1.4e+14 1.6e+28 99 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    1997/04/11 02:59:39 279 28 279 330 387 4.8*1 1.9e+14 7.4e+28 279 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/11 04:14:21 262 14 236 353 620 17.8*1 ---- ---- 265 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/11 09:33:33 11 7 444 --- --- --- ---- ---- 9 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/13 16:12:26 269 43 391 467 415 3.9 ---- ---- 257 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS Only C3
    1997/04/13 23:22:39 94 41 234 209 123 -2.2*1 1.3e+14 3.5e+28 93 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event
    1997/04/13 23:54:09 258 43 598 820 1448 84.3*1 2.8e+14*2 5.1e+29*2 252 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    1997/04/14 09:07:17 98 63 103 232 269 3.3*1 8.8e+14 4.6e+28 102 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.
    1997/04/14 17:14:00 256 33 399 343 225 -6.8*1 1.6e+14*2 1.3e+29*2 255 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/14 19:55:05 275 74 658 639 462 -10.7*1 2.2e+14*2 4.8e+29*2 250 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/15 09:30:05 209 7 218 265 800 25.7*1 ---- ---- 215 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/16 01:34:03 256 41 325 338 347 0.9 2.9e+14 1.5e+29 264 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/16 07:35:54 103 113 87 231 323 4.6 1.7e+15 6.6e+28 89 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/17 05:50:06 254 9 258 297 313 2.4*1 ---- ---- 260 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/17 15:05:05 253 15 217 262 303 3.0*1 ---- ---- 259 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/17 15:45:05 340 19 323 482 774 24.5*1 ---- ---- 332 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points
    1997/04/17 19:10:33 95 12 218 291 426 9.1*1 ---- ---- 94 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only C3
    1997/04/18 05:30:06 92 13 202 240 265 2.2*1 ---- ---- 94 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/18 15:53:05 88 35 154 163 188 0.6*1 ---- ---- 92 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/18 19:07:17 183 8 188 --- --- --- ---- ---- 184 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/18 23:05:06 260 35 111 126 156 0.9*1 ---- ---- 267 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only C3
    1997/04/19 06:30:07 185 9 169 --- --- --- ---- ---- 186 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/19 13:35:05 186 9 266 --- --- --- ---- ---- 189 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/19 15:29:05 320 8 377 --- --- --- ---- ---- 317 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/19 15:53:05 162 12 232 92 0 -54.1*1 ---- ---- 159 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/19 20:54:40 183 11 252 --- --- --- ---- ---- 187 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points
    1997/04/20 19:45:05 272 48 303 410 610 14.9*1 4.8e+14 2.2e+29 274 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/22 04:30:05 3 11 273 --- --- --- ---- ---- 6 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/22 05:30:06 325 9 248 --- --- --- ---- ---- 316 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/22 05:30:06 147 13 170 --- --- --- ---- ---- 138 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/22 07:35:05 76 27 114 196 228 2.3*1 3.8e+14 2.5e+28 82 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event
    1997/04/22 13:31:05 269 44 299 350 359 2.8*1 ---- ---- 265 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event
    1997/04/22 22:57:05 63 33 176 181 214 0.7*1 5.2e+13*2 8.1e+27*2 75 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    1997/04/23 05:30:05 76 45 634 674 647 3.0*1 2.2e+15 4.4e+30 71 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS
    1997/04/23 05:45:05 268 18 215 170 150 -3.0*1 ---- ---- 265 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only C3
    1997/04/23 18:58:05 90 57 297 391 370 4.2*1 ---- ---- 83 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.
    1997/04/24 16:04:18 87 38 130 129 122 -0.1*1 6.7e+13 5.7e+27 84 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event
    1997/04/25 13:31:06 334 10 204 160 0 -10.0*1 ---- ---- 327 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only C2
    1997/04/25 19:50:08 86 37 279 458 472 9.1*1 1.7e+14 6.6e+28 85 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event
    1997/04/26 01:34:03 66 11 155 106 0 -3.9*1 ---- ---- 79 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/26 14:21:05 265 37 196 137 0 -7.9*1 ---- ---- 262 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/26 18:38:06 71 7 325 390 397 4.2*1 ---- ---- 80 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/26 20:30:05 262 30 204 338 848 30.1*1 ---- ---- 262 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only C2
    1997/04/27 00:31:02 250 187 399 370 366 -2.4 1.4e+15*2 1.1e+30*2 267 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Partial Halo
    1997/04/27 10:26:05 Halo (S) 360 280 271 268 -0.5 4.5e+14*2 1.7e+29*2 268 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/27 14:59:05 Halo (BA) 360 255 180 0 -4.9 2.5e+14*2 8.1e+28*2 270 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/27 22:57:05 342 9 231 113 0 -43.9*1 ---- ---- 340 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/28 11:54:05 326 12 337 335 312 -0.8*1 ---- ---- 321 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/29 01:30:05 328 24 227 231 293 1.5*1 ---- ---- 314 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C2
    1997/04/29 02:20:05 85 55 222 195 0 -6.1*1 1.8e+13*2 4.5e+27*2 86 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only C2
    1997/04/29 04:51:09 323 9 333 --- --- --- ---- ---- 313 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/29 04:51:09 341 13 333 --- --- --- ---- ---- 335 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1997/04/29 18:45:05 269 51 119 134 156 0.6*1 1.2e+14 8.2e+27 273 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event
    1997/04/30 04:50:38 84 71 286 294 294 0.4 2.4e+15 9.6e+29 81 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1997/04/30 12:48:05 0 6 127 --- --- --- ---- ---- 360 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Newly inserted on 2024/05/01.; Very Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2

    *1 Acceleration is uncertain due to either poor height measurement or a small number of height-time measurements (See Section 3.4 of Yashiro et al. 2004 for details).
    *2 Mass and Kinetic Energy are uncertain due to poor mass estimate. Mass measurement assumes that the CME material is in the sky-plane. Kinetic Energy is obtained from the mass and linear speed (see Vourlidas et al. 2000 for details).