Equatorial ring current

Japanese: 赤道環電流 - セキドウカンデンリュウ
Equatorial ring current
An electric current caused by charged particles trapped in a planetary magnetic field. In the case of the Earth, positively charged particles rotate westward along the equatorial plane, while negatively charged particles rotate eastward, resulting in an electric current flowing from east to west. Ring current.

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:
惑星磁場に捕捉された荷電粒子によって流れる電流。地球の場合、赤道面に沿って電荷が正の粒子は西向きに、負の粒子は東向きに回転するため、東から西に向かう電流となる。リングカレント。

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