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Since Jupiter is known to have an extensive and active magnetosphere in some ways analogous to that of the Earth, a number of observations have been made in the hopes of detecting X-ray emission from Jupiter analogous to X-rays from terrestrial aurorae. If one assumes an X-ray flux inversely proportional to photon energy (as with terrestrial aurorae), then observations at relatively low energies (≲10 keV) from satellites provide an excellent opportunity to detect any Jovian X-ray emission. The Uhuru and Copernicus (OAO-3) satellites provide just such an opportunity. Unfortunately observations reported to date have not been successful in either case and provide only upper limits — for Uhuru results see Hurley (1975).
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Vesecky, J.F., Culhane, J.L., Hawkins, F.J. (1975). Upper Limits for X-Ray Emission from Jupiter as Measured from the Copernicus Satellite. In: Formisano, V. (eds) The Magnetospheres of the Earth and Jupiter. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1789-3_19
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