Epaminondas Stassinopoulos facts for kids

Epaminondas George Aristotle Alexander Stassinopoulos (born 17 January 1921) is a German-born Greek astrophysicist. He was the retired head of the Radiation Physics Office and Emeritus Astrophysicist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He is the author of many papers and articles in the field of space radiation.

Stassinopoulos was born in Bonn, Germany.

Works

Stassinopoulos, E. , Stauffer, C. , & Brucker, G. (1998). Miniature high-let radiation spectrometer for space and avionics applications. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, a, 416(2), 531-535.
Barth, J. , Dyer, C. , & Stassinopoulos, E. (2003). Space, atmospheric, and terrestrial radiation environments. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 50(3), 466-482.
Stassinopoulos, E. , Brucker, G. , Adolphsen, J. , & Barth, J. (1996). Radiation-induced anomalies in satellites. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 33(6), 877-882.
Xapsos, M. , Huston, S. , Barth, J. , & Stassinopoulos, E. (2002). Probabilistic model for low-altitude trapped-proton fluxes. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 49(6), 2776-2781.
Xapsos, M. , Stauffer, C. , Gee, G. , Barth, J. , Stassinopoulos, E. , et al. (2004). Model for solar proton risk assessment. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 51(6), 3394-3398.
Stassinopoulos, E. , Brucker, G. , Nakamura, D. , Stauffer, C. , Gee, G. , et al. (1996). Solar flare proton evaluation at geostationary orbits for engineering applications. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 43(2), 369-382.
Stassinopoulos, E. G. et al. The Liulin-3m Radiometer for Measuring Particle Doses in Space and on Aircraft NASA TM-2002-21003, February 2002. NTRS 20020045323
Stassinopoulos, E. G. Measurements et. al. Measurements of Radiation Exposure on Commercial Aircraft with the Liulin-3m Instrument NTRS 1999109154, p. 82, 1998.
Stassinopoulos, E. G. "The Earth's Trapped and Transient Space Radiation Environment" in Space Radiation and Its Biological Effects, NATO ASI Series A: Life Sciences. v.154 Plenum Press, 1987. Edited by Percival D. McCormack, Charles E. Swenberg and Horst Bücker

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Faculte des Sciences Medal from the Academie de Montpellier, France