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Twin NASA Probes Find “Zebra Stripes” in Earth’s Radiation Belt
Illustration of the twin Van Allen Probes (formerly Radiation Belt Storm Probes) in orbit (JHUAPL/NASA)
Earth’s inner radiation belt displays a curiously zebra-esque striped pattern, according to the latest findings from NASA’s twin Van Allen Probes. What’s more, the cause of the striping seems to be the rotation of the Earth itself — something that was previously thought to be impossible.
“…it is truly humbling, as a theoretician, to see how quickly new data can change our understanding of physical properties.”
– Aleksandr Ukhorskiy, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
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© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2014. |
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Post tags: Applied Physics Laboratory, JHUAPL, juno, Jupiter, layering, radiation belts, RBSP, RBSPICE, taffy, Van Allen Belts, zebra stripes
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/110482/twin-nasa-probes-find-zebra-stripes-in-earths-radiation-belt/
