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This article provides an outline of the motion of charged particles in the Earth's magnetic fields, and the Van Allen and outer radiation belts. It summarizes their discovery, their properties and their physics, as well as providing links to background materials and additional information. This is part of a large web site on the Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere. A Spanish translation is available.

http://www.phy6.org/Education/Iradbelt.html

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Astronomy - Solar System = Jupiter Electricity & Magnetism - Magnetic Fields and Forces	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support - Reference Material

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1996 David P. Stern
Keywords:: Van Allen belts, geosynchronous, magnetic field, magnetosphere, man made satellites
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created January 8, 2004 by Kara Lehman
Record Updated:: December 18, 2005 by Cathy Ezrailson
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 28, 2004
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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