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Table 3
Dust properties summary of the targets under study II.
| Comet | Peak dust loss | Peak ejection velocity | Total dust mass | Total dust mass | Averaged dust | Contribution to the |
| rate (kg s-1) | of 1-cm grains (m s-1) | ejected (kg) | ejected per year (kg/yr) | mass loss rate (kg s-1) | interplanetary dust (%) 1 | |
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| 81P/Wild 2 | 900 | 8.0 | 1.1 × 1010 | 2.8 × 109 | 87.5 | 0.96 |
| 103P/Hartley 2 (Model I) | 600 | 13.9 | 5.9 × 109 | 1.5 × 109 | 46.8 | 0.51 |
| 103P/Hartley 2 (Model II) | 160 | 7.5 | 1.7 × 109 | 4.5 × 108 | 14.1 | 0.15 |
Notes.
(1)
Annual contribution to the interplanetary dust replacement (Grun et al. 1985).
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