Also, the van Allen belts were discovered in 1958 (IGY).

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by Another Scott

8/15/01 2:02:03 PM

Also, the van Allen belts were discovered in 1958 (IGY).

[link|http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Iradbelt.html|Radiation Belts]

It's not much of a stretch to go from discovering lots and lots of charged particles trapped in the Earth's magnetic field to thinking that they came from the Sun.

Cheers,
Scott.

Did you know that the solar wind wasn't discovered until '62 - (brettj) - (4) - Aug. 15, 2001, 01:48:36 AM EDT

What are you calling discovery? - (wharris2) - (3) - Aug. 15, 2001, 01:27:07 PM EDT

I think Asimov alluded to it... - (Fearless Freep) - Aug. 15, 2001, 01:42:27 PM EDT

Also, the van Allen belts were discovered in 1958 (IGY). - (Another Scott) - Aug. 15, 2001, 02:02:03 PM EDT

Good answer. - (brettj) - Aug. 16, 2001, 09:32:00 AM EDT

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