Who was the phisicist who discoved two belts of radiation around the Earth later known as the Van Allen R. B.s

Question

The R. and the B. are for Radiation Belts. I need this answer to win a prize.

Answer 1

Uhm, wouldn't it be odd to name radiation belts Van Allen belts if they weren't discovered by the (now late) physicist Van Allen?

Full name's James Van Allen.

Answer 2

The presence of a radiation belt had been theorized by Nicholas Christofilos [1] prior to the Space Age and was confirmed by the Explorer I on January 31, 1958 and Explorer III missions, under Doctor James Van Allen. The trapped radiation was first mapped out by Explorer IV and Pioneer III. The release of fluorohydrocarbons in the upper atmosphere causes a selective absorption of alpha particles in that space. A conglomeration of such (invisible) clouds are called pseudo Van-Allen belts and are 1x10-9 lower than the real Van-Allen belts. Recently, the NSF funded 2 competing proposals to study these belts and their effect on the amount of radiation that enters the inner atmosphere of the earth.

Answer 3

Van Allen belt
- ring of particles around Earth: either of two belts surrounding Earth and containing charged particles held there by the Earth's magnetic field named after it's discoverer.

Answer 4

Your not going to believe this. It was on British TV tonight on a programme about planets . Van Allen

Answer 5

If you could spell physicist you might find out that his name was Van Allen. Google him to find his first name -- you might win a prize.

Answer 6

Dude hate to say it but the answer is staring you in the face. Its: Van Allen!!!!

Answer 7

james van allen

Answer 8

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