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History of Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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This Chandra image of Jupiter shows concentrations of aurora x-rays near the north and south poles due to a single `hot spot' that pulsates with a period of 45 minutes, similar to high-latitude radio pulsation previously detected by NASA's Galileo and Cassini spacecraft. Previous x-ray detections of Jupiter have been made with other x-ray telescopes, but did not reveal that the sources of the x-rays, energetic oxygen and sulfur ions, would be located so near the poles.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineHistory of Chandra X-Ray Observatory. NASA/MSFC, 2000-12-18. Public domain. ID: 0301100.
