Van Allen

/ˈvæn ˌælən/
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Definitions of Van Allen
  1. noun
    United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914)
    synonyms: James Alfred Van Allen
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    a scientist trained in physics
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