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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That leaves a charge-depleted zone within the radiation belt, a venue just right for placing sensitive satellites. ``This is a fundamentally different idea than what has been supposed for the past 30 years of how the radiation belts are formed,'' said Sentman. Explorer's not-quite-accidental discovery of a radiation belt around the Earth--predicted in theory a half-century earlier by a European physicist--stands in the record books as the first significant discovery of the Space Age. |
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