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Radiation Around the Earth to a Radial Distance of 107,400 km.

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VAN ALLEN, J., FRANK, L. Radiation Around the Earth to a Radial Distance of 107,400 km.. Nature 183, 430–434 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183430a0

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