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N. C. Wickramasinghe
Researcher at University of Buckingham
Publications - 339
Citations - 4458
N. C. Wickramasinghe is an academic researcher from University of Buckingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cosmic dust & Interstellar medium. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 326 publications receiving 4330 citations. Previous affiliations of N. C. Wickramasinghe include Cardiff University & University of the West Indies.
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A Laboratory Experiment with Relevance to the Survival of Micro-Organisms Entering a Planetary Atmosphere
TL;DR: In this paper, a culture of E. coli was initially subjected to brief exposures to heat for durations of 30-60 s, starting with a temperature of 270°C. A stepwise increase of this temperature from 270°c-750°C and a sequential culturing led to the emergence of a strain of this bacterium with a much higher resistance to flash heating than the original culture possessed.
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Submicron dust and the collision of comet SL-9 with Jupiter
TL;DR: Sub-micron sized dust grains released from the several fragments of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 could produce significant observable effects on the colour of the Jovian surface.
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A Model of The 2-4 μm Spectrum of Comet Halley
TL;DR: In this paper, a broad absorption band centred at 3.4 μm was found for Halley's Comet, which can be explained on the basis of a bacterial grain model.
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Modelling the 5–30 Μm spectrum of Comet Halley
TL;DR: In this article, the 5-30 μm spectrum of Comet P/Halley is modelled for various grain compositions on the basis of an observationally determined distribution of grain sizes.