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Table 2

Dust coma model parameters and production rate upper limits.

Model number 1 2

r N Nucleus radius km 2 6
a min Smallest grain size μm 0.1 0.1
a max Largest grain size cm 13 0.48
v d Velocity range m s-1 1.6–490 4.8–406
Q d * Silicatic grains kg s-1 1.6–2.4 × 104 0.5–2.1 × 104
Q d * Organic grains kg s-1 1.9–4.0 × 104 1.1–4.3 × 104

Notes.

(*)

Dust production rate for a flux of 0.41 mJy at 1.9 mm. The range corresponds to size indexes αd between –4 and –2.5.

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