University of Kansas

X-Ray Emission in the Solar System

Draft
Temporal Variations of Geocoronal and Heliospheric X-Ray Emission Associated with the Solar Wind Interaction with Neutrals
by Cravens et al.

Image: Jovian soft X-rays from ROSAT; courtesy of J. H. Waite.

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Last modified January 9, 2004
Tizby Hunt-Ward
tizby@ku.edu