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James Van Allen
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An American space physicist at the University of Iowa whose instruments aboard Explorer 1 in 1958 discovered the belts of energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field that bear his name, the first major scientific discovery of the Space Age.
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Defining ContributionDiscovered the Van Allen radiation belts in 1958, the first major scientific finding of the Space Age. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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James Alfred Van Allen ... was an American space physicist at the University of Iowa who was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space.
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Van Allen radiation belts in 1958, zones of energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field
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