The history of X-ray astronomy is closely related to solar system research: the first attempts ever to detect X-rays from a celestial object concentrated onto the Sun [21], and the (unsuccessful) attempt to detect X-rays from the Moon, in 1962, is generally considered as the birth of X-ray astronomy [22]. In the recent decade, our knowledge about the X-ray properties of solar system objects was considerably enhanced. We know today that not only the Sun and Moon radiate in X-rays, but that our solar system is full of X-ray sources, including all planets from Venus to Saturn, and even comets.
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Dennerl, K. (2008). Solar System Objects. In: Trümper, J., Hasinger, G. (eds) The Universe in X-Rays. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34412-4_9
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