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Van Allen radiation belt

zone of energetic charged particles around the planet Earth
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Summary

Van Allen radiation belt is an astrophysical process[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of astrophysical process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,804 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: James A. Van Allen[3]
  • Commons category: Van Allen radiation belts[4]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1958[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Van Allen radiation belts[6]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7]

Why It Matters

Van Allen radiation belt has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

James A. Van Allen

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → van-allen-radiation-belts
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: van-allen-radiation-belts, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966593|van allen radiation belts (#289966593)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3b4fSp
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Van Allen radiation belt.svg
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531849505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  4. 24w ago · Miko101 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Wikidata description → zone of energetic charged particles around the planet Earth
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Van Allen radiation belt.svg"
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