Van Allen radiation belts

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Two toroidal regions of energetic charged particles trapped by the geomagnetic field: inner belt (~1.5 R_E, protons up to 100s MeV), outer belt (~4–6 R_E, electrons MeV-class with strong storm-time variability).

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