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Explorer 1 discovered what radiation belts around the planet earth?
Van Allen
Cosmic rays trapped in the earth's magnetic field make up?
The Van Allen radiation belts
Why does the Earth have radiation belts?
the belts result from charged particles interacting with the magnetic field of the earth and incurring an inward force pulling it into a tighter and tighter spiral as it penetrates deeper into the earth's atmosphere.finally its forward motion is reversed and the particle spirals along the magnetic force line to the other end where a similar reflection occurs. the magnetic field axis is rotated eastward from the geographical axis which provides an unsymetrical magnetic particle distribution in the earth coordinate. solar flares cause large asymmeries in the particle distribution and potentially harmful damage to exposed skin,electronics and particle detectors.
How are the northern lights produced?
In the upper atmosphere usually in latitudes above 50 degrees.
What are the narrow belts of strong winds called?
Jet Stream
Why do charged particles from the sun (the solar wind) get trapped in the van Allen radiation belts?
The Van Allen belts are caused by Earth's magnetic field. Charged particles are deflected in the presence of a magnetic field.
One effect of the magnetic lines of force around the earth is an area of charged particles called the what?
Van Allen belts
What is an area of charged particles that is formed as one effect of the magnetic lines of force around the earth called?
Such areas are called Van Allen belts.
What does the Van Allen Belt have to do with the north and south pole?
The charged particles flowing through space around the Earth follow the lines of magnetic force, resulting in a higher concentration of these particles in two toroidal bands curving outward from pole to pole. The radiation belts are called the Van Allen Belts after scientist James Van Allen (1914-2006).
Where do charged particles in the Van Allen Belts mainly come from?
the van Allen belts are located in the universal space.
Which contains bands of charged particles known as the van Allen belts?
magnetosphere
The location of the Van Allen Radiation Belts?
The Van Allen belts are composed of charged particles from the solar wind that became captured in the Earth's magnetic field. Deflection of charged particles
What is the result of the deflection of charged particles along the van Allen belts?
covection of the atom
What is donut shaped radiation belts?
The donut shaped radiation belts around the Earth are called the Van Allen Belts. There are similar belts around every planet with a magnetic field.
What are the Van Allen belts?
The Van Allen radiation belts are layers of plasma particles that are around the earth in the magnetosphere. These radiation belts were confirmed to exist in 1958 by James Van Allen. There is an outer and inner belt. The belts can cause problems for both satellites and any rockets or other vehicles that travel through the belts.
When the solar wind reaches earth charged particles are deflected from earth and trapped in two huge rings in earths magnetic field called what?
Those are the Van Allen belts.
What is a band of high radiation around the earth that captures particles given off by the sun?
The Van Allen belts.
