alleryStart learning →Explorer 1's radiation detector helped scientists discover what?
AThe rings around Saturn
BThe belt of asteroids
CNew moons around Mars
DVan Allen radiation belts
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Van Allen radiation belts
Data from Explorer 1's radiation detector revealed the belts of radiation around Earth now named after Van Allen.
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