radiation belt

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radiation belt (plural radiation belts)

  1. (astronomy, physics) A region of high-energy charged particles which partly surrounds a planet or star, trapped by its magnetic field and characterized by intense radiation.
    • 2003, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, How It Works: Science and Technology, 3rd edition, →ISBN, page 1899:
      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.

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