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Van Allen radiation belt
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Van Allen radiation belt [va′nal·ən ‚rād·ē′a·shən ‚belt]
(geophysics)
One of the belts of intense ionizing radiation in space about the earth formed by high-energy charged particles which are trapped by the geomagnetic field.
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This can create serious hazards for weather, navigation, and communications satellites that travel at high altitudes within the outer radiation belts, while also threatening astronauts in the International Space Station (ISS).
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From their telemetered readings scientists should be able to determine exactly how dangerous the earth's natural radiation belts will be for future space travelers.
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The craft, crude even by the standards of just a few years later, transmitted data for three months, and led to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts, doughnut-shaped areas of charged particles that surround the Earth and have a major impact on satellite communications.
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