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X-Ray Emission in the Solar System

Draft
X-Ray Emission from the Terrestrial Magnetosheath
by Robertson and Cravens

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

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Last modified January 21, 2004
Tizby Hunt-Ward
tizby@ku.edu