A Bacterial ‘Fingerprint’ in a Leonid Meteor Train

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N.C. Wickramasinghe
F. Hoyle
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[1] Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology,
[2] Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology,undefined
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Optical Depth; Infrared Emission; Meteor Shower; Cardiff CF10; Bacterial Spectrum;
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A recently observed broad 3.4 μm 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.
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