auroral radiation

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• Auroral kilometric radiation — (AKR) is the intense radio radiation emitted in the acceleration zone (at a height of three times the radius of the Earth) of the polar lights. The radiation mainly comes from cyclotron radiation from electrons orbiting around the magnetic field… …   Wikipedia

• Van Allen radiation belt — Van Allen radiation belts The Van Allen radiation belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, which is held in place by Earth s magnetic field. It is believed that most of the particles that form the belts come from… …   Wikipedia

• High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program — HAARP is often confused with Project HARP, the High Altitude Research Project (a joint project of The Pentagon and the Canadian Department of National Defence).The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is an investigation project …   Wikipedia

• Cyclotron radiation — is electromagnetic radiation emitted by moving charged particles deflected by a magnetic field. The Lorentz force on the particles acts perpendicular to both the magnetic field lines and the particles motion through them, creating an acceleration …   Wikipedia

• Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer — The Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on board a Pegasus XL rocket on August 21, 1996. One in the series of NASA s Small Explorer (SMEX) spacecraft, FAST was designed to observe and measure the… …   Wikipedia

• AKR — Auroral Kilometric Radiation Contributor: CASI …   NASA Acronyms

• Magnetosphere of Jupiter — Discovery[1] Discovered by …   Wikipedia

• Aurora (astronomy) — Aurora Borealis redirects here. For other uses, see Aurora Borealis (disambiguation). Aurora Australis redirects here. For the ship, see Aurora Australis (icebreaker). For the book, see Aurora Australis (book). Northern lights redirects here. For …   Wikipedia

• geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… …   Universalium

• Magnetosphere of Saturn — Aurorae on the south pole of Saturn as viewed by Hubble Internal field[1 …   Wikipedia

• ionosphere and magnetosphere — ▪ atmospheric science Introduction       regions of Earth s (Earth) atmosphere in which the number of electrically charged particles ions (ion) and electrons (electron) are large enough to affect the propagation of radio waves (electromagnetic… …   Universalium