Usually means: Radiation belts surrounding Earth, space.
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  12. Van Allen: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  A surname from Dutch.

Similar:
Vanallen, Vanderlaan, Vanderwaals, Vanderheiden, Vanderberg, Vanderbeck, Van Halen, Vandermeer, Vandenberg, Vandenbrink, more...

Phrases:
Van Allen belt, james alfred van allen, van allen belts, van allen radiation belts, Van Allen radiation belt, more...
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Similar:
Vanallen, Vanderlaan, Vanderwaals, Vanderheiden, Vanderberg, Vanderbeck, Van Halen, Vandermeer, Vandenberg, Vandenbrink, more...

Phrases:
Van Allen belt, james alfred van allen, van allen belts, van allen radiation belts, Van Allen radiation belt, van allen james alfred, james a van allen, James Van Allen, Van Allen Probes, more...



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