John Howard Dellinger
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John Howard Dellinger (July 3,1886 - December 28,1962) was a Telecommunication Engineer and Vice Chairman of Institute of Radio Engineers. The IRE was a major participant of the Federal Radio Commission (now Federal Communications Commission).
He discovered how solar flares caused fadeouts of short-wave radios, known as the Dellinger effect.
Dellinger crater on the Moon was named after him.
[edit] History
Born in Cleveland Ohio, Dellinger attended the Western Reserve University.
[edit] References
- D. H. Menzel, M. Minnaert, B. Levin, A. Dollfus, B. Bell (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews 12: 136.
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