A region surrounding a planet where charged particles accumulate under the influence of the planet's magnetic field.
〔天文〕辐射带
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That orbit regularly takes the station near the auroral zone and the ‘horns’ of the outer radiation belt - where the trapped particles descend toward the atmosphere.
Other measurements obtained during the mission provided new data on the Earth's radiation belt and the discovery that the Moon has no magnetic field.
A major finding of the magnetospheric imaging instrument is the discovery of a new radiation belt just above Saturn's cloud tops, up to the inner edge of the D-ring.
In 1958, the Explorer III became the US's first satellite and it also discovered Earth's radiation belt.
These radiation belts surround the Earth with a stormy environment of energetic particles that could affect the electronic systems and computers on board the spacecraft.
Definition of radiation belt in US English:
radiation belt
noun
Astronomy
A region surrounding a planet where charged particles accumulate under the influence of the planet's magnetic field.
〔天文〕辐射带
Example sentencesExamples
These radiation belts surround the Earth with a stormy environment of energetic particles that could affect the electronic systems and computers on board the spacecraft.
That orbit regularly takes the station near the auroral zone and the ‘horns’ of the outer radiation belt - where the trapped particles descend toward the atmosphere.
A major finding of the magnetospheric imaging instrument is the discovery of a new radiation belt just above Saturn's cloud tops, up to the inner edge of the D-ring.
In 1958, the Explorer III became the US's first satellite and it also discovered Earth's radiation belt.
Other measurements obtained during the mission provided new data on the Earth's radiation belt and the discovery that the Moon has no magnetic field.