The Van Allen belts associated with Earth are:
A) layers of meteoritic dust in Earth's atmosphere, trapped in regions where the temperature reaches a minimum.
B) regions of intense radiation of protons and electrons trapped within the magnetosphere above Earth.
C) rings of dust surrounding Earth, similar to the rings of Saturn.
D) zones of varying depths below Earth's surface in which the speed of sound has distinctly different values.
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