Assertion: atlantic anomaly | /r/HasProperty | great significance
Facets:
value: to astronomical satellites
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to other spacecraft
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The South Atlantic Anomaly is of great significance to astronomical satellites and other spacecraft that orbit the Earth at several hundred kilometers altitude; these orbits take satellites through the anomaly periodically, exposing them to several minutes of strong radiation, caused by the trapped protons in the inner Van Allen belt.