radiation belt
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A region of high-energy charged particles which partly surrounds a planet or star,…
A region of high-energy charged particles which partly surrounds a planet or star, trapped by its magnetic field and characterized by intense radiation.
- Radiation belts have been found circling all the planets in the Solar System that have a strong magnetic field, namely Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Earth.
The neighborhood
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