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With a powerful magnetic-field, with hi-speed ions measured in the millions of electron-volts...

...I'm not surprised that the jovian environment emits X-Rays.
Why they are pulsed in 45 minute intervals, though, I don't know, but it would be great to find out.
Comets are also known emitters of X-Rays. A pretty ubiquitous phenomena
in the cosmos.

Jacob.

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