Devamitta Asoka Mendis

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Devamitta Asoka Mendis

American astronomer

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…his adviser, Sri Lankan physicist Asoka Mendis, in 1979. As the lag deposit built up, it would effectively insulate the icy materials below it from sunlight. Calculations showed that a layer only 10–100 cm (4–39 inches) in thickness could completely turn off sublimation from the surface. Brin and Mendis predicted…
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…his adviser, Sri Lankan physicist Asoka Mendis, in 1979. As the lag deposit built up, it would effectively insulate the icy materials below it from sunlight. Calculations showed that a layer only 10–100 cm (4–39 inches) in thickness could completely turn off sublimation from the surface. Brin and Mendis predicted…
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