Van Allen radiation belt
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title:
Van Allen radiation belt
text:
The Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around a planet by that planet's magnetosphere. Earth has two such belts, and sometimes others may be temporarily created. The belts are named after James Van Allen, who published an article describing the belts in 1958. Earth's two main belts extend from an altitude of about 640 to 58,000 km above the surface, in which region radiation levels vary. Th
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Zone of energetic charged particles around the planet Earth
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt
date created:
2002-06-29T01:32:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T17:30:51Z
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