Magnetosphere of Earth: Radiation Belts

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2345. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth, Earth'S Magnetosphere

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The Van Allen radiation belts, first discovered by the EXPLORER I satellite in 1958, consist of charged particles in orbits determined by the Earth's magnetic field (see VAN ALLEN BELTS). The Earth's magnetic field is approximately a dipole, see figure 1. Both electrons and ions which make up the radiation belts have typical energies of one million electron volts (1 MeV), and execute three differ...

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