Physical characteristics of very small meteoroids

J.-B. Kikwaya; M. Campbell-Brown; P. G. Brown; R. L. Hawkes; R. J. Weryk

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810839

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Volume 497 / No 3 (April III 2009)

A&A, 497 3 (2009) 851-867

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Table 8:

Summary table for the six meteors modelled in detail in this study. A value of 1 under the size column means there is only one size of grains used in the modelling, 1, 2 two sizes in the composition of the meteoroid and 1, 2, 3 three sizes of grains in the composition of the meteoroid.
Name	Modeled mass	Grain mass	# grains	Size	Dens	Qf	$T_{\rm lim}$	$T_{\rm boil}$	C_p	Mmass	Ther Cond
	(kg)	(kg)			(kg m^-3)	(J kg^-1)	(K)	(K)	(J/Kg K)	(au)	(W/m K)
ELSL01	$4.36 \times 10^{-7}$	$1.50 \times 10^{-10}$	3550	1	7200	$5 \times 10^{6}$	1500	2100	1000	36	0.2
		$4.50 \times 10^{-9}$	470	2
ELSL09	$7.63 \times 10^{-8}$	$1.0 \times 10^{-11}$	8	1	900	$5 \times 10^{6}$	1400	2100	1100	30	0.3
		$9.7 \times 10^{-10}$	87	2
ELSL11	$1.36\times 10^{-7}$	$1.10\times 10^{-11}$	450	1	5500	$8\times 10^6$	1400	2300	1100	36	0.5
		$1.3\times 10^{-10}$	430	2
		$1.93\times 10^{-9}$	30	3
ELSL12	4.41 $\times$ 10^-8	$3.16 \times 10^{-11}$	900	1	4500	$5 \times 10^{6}$	1400	2100	1200	36	0.2
		$2.02 \times 10^{-9}$	8	2
PEKI08	1.40 $\times$ 10^-7	$1.78 \times 10^{-10}$	787	1	600	$7\times 10^{6}$	1300	2200	1300	36	0.7
PEKI09	1.77 $\times$ 10^-7	$1.78 \times 10^{-10}$	998	1	500	$9\times 10^6$	1200	2300	1200	20	0.2

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