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The aurora is caused when electrons and protons, moving in the earth’s magnetic Held of ≈5.0 × 10–5 T, collide with molecules of the atmosphere and cause them to glow. What is the radius of the circular orbit for
a. An electron with speed 1.0 × 106 m/s?
b. A proton with speed 5.0 × 104 m/s?
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