| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1969 | 
| Number: | 107 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Hannes  Alfvén | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1908 | 
| Year, Death: | 1995 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Eugene Newman  Parker | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1927 | 
| Profession: | Astrophysicist | 
| City: | Chicago | 
| State: | IL | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | James A Van Allen | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1914 | 
| Year, Death: | 2006 | 
| Profession: | Space scientist | 
| University: | Iowa State University | 
| City: | Iowa City | 
| State: | IA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Donald William  Kerst | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1911 | 
| Year, Death: | 1993 | 
| Profession: | Physicist, Chairholder at invited university | 
| City: | Madison | 
| State: | WI | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Comments: | The prize to be shared between H. Alfvén, E.N. Parker and J.A. Van Allen. | 
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