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Title:
Space Radiation
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
Understanding the Atom Series; The World of the Atom Series
Document Type:
BOOK
Publication Date:
1968 Jan 01
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
68 pages
Accession Number:
Atom57
Originating Research Org.:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
OpenNet Entry Date:
2014 Jul 25
OpenNet Modified Date:
2014 Jul 22
Description/Abstract:
This booklet discusses three kinds of space radiation, cosmic rays, Van Allen Belts, and solar plasma. Cosmic rays are penetrating particles that we cannot see, hear or feel, which come from distant stars. Van Allen Belts, named after their discoverer are great belts of protons and electrons that the earth has captured in its magnetic trap. Solar plasma is a gaseous, electrically neutral mixture of positive and negative ions that the sun spews out from convulsed regions on its surface.