Eugene Parker
American physicist and astronomer
Eugene Newman Parker was an American solar and plasma physicist. In the 1950s he proposed the existence of the solar wind and that the magnetic field in the outer Solar System would be in the shape of a Parker spiral, predictions that were later... Wikipedia
Born: June 10, 1927, Houghton, MI
Died: March 15, 2022 (age 94 years), Chicago, IL
Education: California Institute of Technology (1951) and Michigan State University
Known for: Sweet–Parker model; Solar wind; Parker spiral
Awards: Bruce Medal, William Bowie Medal, Arctowski Medal, and more
Doctoral advisor: Howard P. Robertson
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