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Figure 1:
Histogram of ejection velocity for 105 particles of radius in the range 0.1 to 1 mm,
ejected during the whole ejection process (
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Figure 2: Non-gravitational forces acting on a meteoroid. The solar direction is bottom left. The solar radiation is responsible for the solar radiation pressure directed in the opposite direction. The Poynting-Robertson force drags the particle in the direction opposite to its velocity vector. The (diurnal) Yarkovsky-Radzievskii force is produced by the anisotropy of the thermal radiation from the particle and is roughly oriented towards the "morning side'' of the particle (upper left in the figure). The seasonal effect (winter "summer warmer than winter'') has been taken into account by Lyytinen & Van Flandern (2000). (see also Radzievskii 1952; Olsson-Steel 1987; Lyytinen & Van Flandern 2000; Burns et al. 1979). |
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Figure 3:
Nodes of Leonid meteoroids ejected during the 1767 return of
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Figure 4:
Nodes of Leonid meteoroids ejected during the 1499 return of
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Figure A.1: Configuration of the view of the nucleus. |