Modeling of a Mitigation Strategy for Carrington Class CMEs

Authors

• Jose Fuentes, Florida Institute of Technology
• Camilla Wright, Florida Institute of Technology

Document Type

Poster

Publication Title

Northrop Grumman Engineering & Science Student Design Showcase

Abstract

On September 1, 1859, a powerful solar flare was observed by Richard Carrington [1]. This flare ejected highly energetic plasma, called a coronal mass ejection (CME), towards Earth. This CME impacted Earth, causing magnetic induction which seriously impacted technology. Lingam and Loeb (2017) [2] predicted that if the Carrington CME were to occur today, the economic damages to the US would be on the order of $2 trillion USD. In this work, we present an impact mitigation strategy as a sufficiently strong magnetic dipole field placed at a gravitational equilibrium point (L1) located at 1.5 Gm from Earth in the direction towards the sun [2].

Advisor

Manasvi Lingam, Juan Carlos Palacios

Publication Date

4-24-2026

Recommended Citation

Fuentes, Jose and Wright, Camilla, "Modeling of a Mitigation Strategy for Carrington Class CMEs" (2026). Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Student Publications. 80.
https://repository.fit.edu/apss_student/80