Charles Jules Henri Nicolle
Charles Jules Henri Nicolle , 1866-1936, French physician and microbiologist. He worked with P. P. É. Roux in Paris and was director of the Pasteur Institute in Tunis from 1903 and professor at the Collège de France, Paris, from 1932. He worked on various diseases, including whooping cough, measles, trachoma, and influenza, and demonstrated (1909) the transmission of typhus by the body louse. For his work on typhus he received the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Albedo
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...planet. If, therefore, the albedo were to increase, the temperature...surface would drop. If the albedo were to decrease, temperature...Enceladus, has the highest albedo of any body in the Solar System...water ice. Some asteroids have albedos as low as .05% See also .
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albedo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...from it. In general, the albedo is equal to the amount of...amount of light received. Albedo values range from 0.0...atmospheres have much higher albedos than those with transparent or no atmospheres. The albedo may vary over the surface...
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geometrical albedo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
geometrical albedo A measure of the reflectivity of a surface, particularly that...planet, a satellite, or an asteroid; also called physical albedo . The geometrical albedo is the ratio between the light or other radiation reflected from...
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albedo feature
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
albedo feature A feature on a planet that is markedly...darker or brighter than its surroundings. Albedo features do not always correspond to a topographic...or geological feature, as differences in albedo can arise from variations in surface composition...
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Bond albedo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Bond albedo The fraction of the total light or other...all directions; also called spherical albedo . It is calculated over all wavelengths...spectrum of the incident radiation. The Bond albedo determines the energy balance of a body...
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