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Table 1 Geographic and geomagnetic coordinates, MLT, and LT for ground stations and geosynchronous satellites

From: Pc5 geomagnetic fluctuations in response to solar wind excitation and their relationship with relativistic electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt

Code name

Geographic coordinate

Corrected geomagnetic coordinates (IGRF05)

Magnetic local time (MLT)

Local time (LT)

TNB

74.69° S, 164.12° E

80.01° S, 306.94° E

MLT ~ UT-8

LT ~ UT + 11

AQU

42.38° N, 13.32° E

36.33° N, 87.37° E

MLT ~ UT + 1

LT ~ UT + 1

GOES 12

-

-

MLT ~ UT + 19

LT ~ UT + 19

GOES 10 and GOES 11

-

-

MLT ~ UT + 15

LT ~ UT + 15

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