radiation belt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of radiation belt
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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"In 2019, Earth experienced one of these events, which caused an immense amount of radiation belt electron acceleration," said SwRI's Dr. Sarah Vines, a co-author of the paper.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
Researchers have spied the first radiation belt outside the Solar System.
From Science Magazine ● May 17, 2023
Mars used to have a radiation belt, but it disappeared over time as its magnetic field all but disappeared.
From Salon ● May 17, 2023
Trapped inside Jupiter’s radiation belt and internally heated by the planet’s powerful tidal forces, which knead the moon’s innards like dough, Io is a completely ice-free world of hyperactive volcanoes.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 24, 2023
Vast numbers of them are trapped far above the clouds and are condemned to bounce from pole to pole until by chance they encounter some high-altitude atmospheric molecule and are removed from the radiation belt.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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