A Bacterial ‘Fingerprint’ in a Leonid Meteor Train

Authors: Wickramasinghe N.C.¹; Hoyle F.²

Source: Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 277, Number 4, 2001 , pp. 625-628(4)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

A recently observed broad 3.4 m spectral ‘fingerprint’ in a persistent Leonid meteor train at a height of 83km is likely to be due to emission of surrounding mesospheric bacteria heated by the passage of an incandescent fireball.

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, 67 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AS, U.K.; E-mail: wickramasinghe@cardiff.ac.uk 2: Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, 67 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AS, U.K.

Publication date: 2001-01-01

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