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    James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914 – August 9, 2006) was an American space physicist at the University of Iowa. He was instrumental in establishing...
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  • sometimes others may be temporarily created. The belts are named after James Van Allen, who published an article describing the belts in 1958. Earth's two...
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  • of computer science James Peter Allen (born 1945), Egyptologist James Van Allen (1914–2006), space scientist James Vincent Allen (born 1959), Canadian...
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  • (1890–1937), politician in Alberta, Canada James Van Allen (1914–2006), American space scientist John Delbert Van Allen (1850–1928), retail dry goods merchant...
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    The Van Allen Probes, formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), were two robotic spacecraft that were used to study the Van Allen radiation...
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    Communication and Theatre Arts); James Van Allen, world-famous physicist and discoverer of the radiation belts (the Van Allen Belts) that surround the earth...
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    instrumentation of Explorer 1 was designed and built under the direction of Dr. James Van Allen of the University of Iowa containing: Anton 314 omnidirectional Geiger–Müller...
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    get credit for the scientific discovery, which ultimately went to James Van Allen of the State University of Iowa, whose experiments on Explorer 1 and...
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  • worked with James Van Allen at White Sands Missile Range with V-2 rockets, was ready with his reply: "Yes, of course, I will talk to Dr. Van Allen". Stuhlinger...
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  • Frederick Allen Nutter (May 1, 1929 – October 15, 2005), known professionally as Rik Van Nutter and occasionally as Clyde Rogers, was an American actor...
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    thousand miles into space. These Van Allen radiation belts surrounding the Earth are named for Dr. James Van Allen, in honor of his discovery. Due to...
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    American satellite launched on 26 July 1958. It was instrumented by Dr. James van Allen's group. The Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency...
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    developed by Cmdr. Lee Lewis, Cmdr. G. Halvorson, S. F. Singer, and James A. Van Allen during the Aerobee rocket firing cruise of the U.S.S. Norton Sound...
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  • Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2006 ISBN 1-56347-649-5 Foerstner, Abigail (2007), James Van Allen: the first eight billion miles (illustrated, revised ed.), University...
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  • nicknamed "Dixie Blue". Allen Collins joined Skynyrd in Jacksonville, Florida, just two weeks after its formation by Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington...
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    Van Allen, p. 213 Van Allen, p. 188 Van Allen, p. 192 Van Allen, p. 193 Van Allen, p. 194 Van Allen, p. 196 Van Allen, p. 197 Van Allen, p. 199 Van Allen...
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    to Earth processes; William Bowie Medal of the AGU James Van Allen (American, 1914–2006) – Van Allen radiation belts; awarded Crafoord Prize, Gold Medal...
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    the Transit navigation system, Geosat, ACE, TIMED, CONTOUR, MESSENGER, Van Allen Probes, the New Horizons mission to Pluto, the Parker Solar Probe mission...
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  • Neve between Boomerang Range and Worcester Range. It was named after James A. Van Allen, an American scientist and one of the original organizers of the International...
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    understanding of planetary systems. Winners of this award include Carl Sagan, James Van Allen, and Eugene Shoemaker. "NASA Solar System Exploration". solarsystem...
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    Iowa, to James Ivan Hansen and Gladys Ray Hansen. He was trained in physics and astronomy in the space science program of James Van Allen at the University...
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    Mario Van Peebles. It also stars Whoopi Goldberg, Cedric the Entertainer, Edward James Olmos, John Carroll Lynch, William Mapother, Cam Gigandet, Allen Payne...
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    belts was chosen to lessen radiation exposure. Even James Van Allen, the discoverer of the Van Allen belt, rebutted the claims that radiation levels were...
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  • Allen Alexander Allen Alfred Allen Andrew Allen Anita Allen Anthony Allen Arthur Allen Benjamin Allen Bernard Allen Bert Allen Bill Allen Brian Allen...
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    while a cone would have properties that varied with its orientation. James Van Allen of the University of Iowa proposed a cylindrical satellite based on...
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    drag, based on size alone, while a cone would vary with orientation. James Van Allen proposed a cylinder, which eventually flew. The Naval Research Lab...
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    State Sandy Sandberg, American football player James Van Allen, an astrophysicist who discovered the Van Allen radiation belt circling the earth Peggy Whitson...
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  • doctoral studies at the University of Iowa. James Van Allen was Ellis' advisor, and Ellis was Van Allen's first doctoral student. At Iowa, Ellis also...
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    1987—Philip Abelson, Walter M. Elsasser, Paul Lauterbur, George Pake, James Van Allen 1988—D. Allan Bromley, Paul Ching Wu Chu, Walter Kohn, Norman Ramsey...
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    physician, writer James Ulmer, journalist Jarrod Uthoff, basketball player Sarah Utterback, actress James Van Allen, scientist Mike Van Arsdale, MMA fighter...
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