What's the full name of the space scientist known as Van Allen?
James Alfred Van Allen
John Arthur Van Allen
James Anderson Van Allen
Jacob Anthony Van Allen
Answer
James Alfred Van Allen was an American space scientist. He is most famous for discovering the Van Allen radiation belts, two doughnut-shaped regions of high-energy radiation that surround Earth's magnetic field. He was also a pioneer in the development of spacecraft instrumentation and the study of space plasmas.
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