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Record 1 2007-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
CONT

In the summer of 1962, an X-ray detector on a sounding rocket was flown. The goal of this flight was originally to detect X-ray fluorescence of the moon due to the Sun's wind; it failed to detect such emission from the moon. However, the detector serendipitously discovered extra solar X-rays from a source named Scorpius X-1 (the first X-ray source seen in the constellation Scorpio).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
CONT

La première détection de rayons X extra-solaires date du 18 juin 1962, par les américains Riccardo Giacconi et Bruno Rossi.

Spanish

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