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With the advent of Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray observatories, several new solar system bodies have been discovered to be an X-ray source at energies below 2 keV: leading to significant advances in the field of planetary X-ray emission and astronomy during the last one decade. Apart from the Sun, the known X-ray emitters now include Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, planetary satellites (Moon, Io, Europa, and Ganymede), all active comets, the Io plasma torus, the rings of Saturn, the exospheres of Earth, Venus and Mars, and the heliosphere. Progress in modeling X-ray emission and laboratory studies of X-ray production have also greatly contributed in enhancing our understanding of X-rays from the solar system bodies. This chapter provides an overview of the planetary X-rays, their production source processes and important characteristics.
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Bhardwaj, A. (2010). The Planetary X-ray Emission. In: Gopalswamy, N., Hasan, S., Ambastha, A. (eds) Heliophysical Processes. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11341-3_16
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