Radial belts – The outer layers of the atmosphere, in which charged particles of high energies (tens of MeV) are retained and accumulate in the magnetic field of the planet. With the help of the Earth’s magnetic field, which captures solar wind particles (protons and electrons), two toroidal regions are created around the Earth, which are located at an altitude of about 4,000 and 17,000 km from the Earth’s surface.
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