Earth’s inner radiation belt

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astrophysical structure radiation belt

Earth’s inner radiation belt is a dense region of high-energy charged particles trapped by Earth’s magnetic field, forming the inner part of the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding the planet.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Earth’s inner radiation belt canonical	3
Van Allen radiation belts	1
inner Van Allen belt	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astrophysical structure ⓘ radiation belt ⓘ
affects	satellite design ⓘ space mission planning ⓘ
containsParticleType	alpha particles ⓘ electrons ⓘ heavy ions ⓘ
discoveredBy	Explorer 1 ⓘ surface form: Explorer 1 mission James A. Van Allen ⓘ surface form: James Van Allen
discoveryYear	1958 ⓘ
dominantParticleType	protons ⓘ
extendsFromAltitude	about 600 kilometers above Earth’s surface ⓘ
extendsFromLshell	L ≈ 1.1 ⓘ
extendsToAltitude	about 6000 kilometers above Earth’s surface ⓘ
extendsToLshell	L ≈ 3 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Earth’s inner radiation belt ⓘ surface form: inner Van Allen belt inner radiation zone ⓘ
hasBoundaryWith	slot region between inner and outer belts ⓘ
hasHighEnergy	true ⓘ
hasImplicationFor	human spaceflight safety ⓘ radiation hardening of spacecraft components ⓘ
hasShape	toroidal ⓘ
isImportantFor	understanding space radiation environment ⓘ
isInside	Earth’s outer radiation belt ⓘ
isLocatedAbove	Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ
isLocatedIn	Earth’s magnetosphere ⓘ inner magnetosphere ⓘ
isMoreDenseThan	Earth’s outer radiation belt ⓘ
isMoreStableThan	Earth’s outer radiation belt ⓘ
isOffsetFrom	Equator ⓘ surface form: Earth’s geographic equator
isProducedBy	cosmic ray albedo neutron decay ⓘ galactic cosmic ray interactions with Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ
isRegionOf	intense ionizing radiation ⓘ particle pitch angle scattering ⓘ strong magnetic mirroring ⓘ trapped charged particles ⓘ
isStudiedBy	magnetospheric physics ⓘ space physics ⓘ space weather research ⓘ
isSymmetricAbout	Earth’s magnetic equator ⓘ
isTrappedBy	Earth’s magnetic field ⓘ
orbits	Earth ⓘ
particleEnergyRange	tens of MeV to hundreds of MeV ⓘ
partOf	Earth’s radiation belts ⓘ surface form: Van Allen radiation belts
posesRiskTo	astronauts ⓘ satellites ⓘ spacecraft electronics ⓘ
variesWith	geomagnetic storms ⓘ solar activity ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James A. Van Allen → hasDiscovered → Earth’s inner radiation belt ⓘ

James A. Van Allen → eponymOf → Earth’s inner radiation belt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Van Allen radiation belts

Earth’s outer radiation belt → isSeparatedFrom → Earth’s inner radiation belt ⓘ

Earth’s outer radiation belt → isMoreVariableThan → Earth’s inner radiation belt ⓘ

Earth’s inner radiation belt → hasAlternativeName → Earth’s inner radiation belt ⓘ

this entity surface form: inner Van Allen belt