a Bacterial "fingerprint" in a Leonid Meteor Train
Abstract
A recently observed broad 3.4 μm spectral "fingerprint" in a persistent Leonid meteor train at a height of 83 km is likely to be due to emission of surrounding mesospheric bacteria heated by the passage of an incandescent fireball.
- Publication:
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Vindication of Cosmic Biology: Tribute to Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001)
- Pub Date:
- 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789814675260_0009
- Bibcode:
- 2015vcb..book..123W