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Table 1
Gas- and dust-mass ejection per orbit.
| Line n | Half/full orbit | Mass ejected | 1996 | 2002 | 2009 |
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| 1 | half | Period 1.H2O SWAN measurements (kg) | 8.59e+08 | 8.71e+08 | 8.38e+08 |
| 2 | half | Period 2. H2O complement to 1.4 AU (kg) | 1.17e+08 | 3.57e+08 | 2.71e+07 |
| 3 = 1 + 2 | half | H2O mass from perihelion to 1.4 AU (kg) | 9.76e+08 | 1.23e+09 | 8.65e+08 |
| 4 | half | Period 3. H2O estimate for 1.4 ≤ Rh ≤ 2.6 AU (kg) | 2.37e+08 | 2.37e+08 | 2.37e+08 |
| 5 = 1 + 2 + 4 | half | Total H2O mass from perihelion to 2.6 AU (kg) | 1.21e+09 | 1.46e+09 | 1.10e+09 |
| 6 = 5 × 1.45 | half | Total gas mass from perihelion to 2.6 AU (kg) | 1.76e+09 | 2.12e+09 | 1.60e+09 |
| 7 | half | Period 4: gas from COPS for 2.6 ≤ Rh ≤ 3.6 AU (kg) | 3.08e+07 | 3.08e+07 | 3.08e+07 |
| 8 | half | Period 5: dust measurements for 3.6 ≤ Rh ≤ 4.4 AU (kg) | 1.73e+08 | 1.73e+08 | 1.73e+08 |
| 9 = 6 + 7 | half | Total gas from perihelion to 3.6 AU (kg) | 1.79e+09 | 2.16e+09 | 1.63e+09 |
| 10 = 2(2 × 9 + 8) | full | Total dust hyp 1 Dust/gas = 2 (kg) | 7.51e+09 | 8.97e+09 | 6.87e+09 |
| 11 = 2(6 × 9 + 8) | full | Total dust hyp 2 Dust/gas = 6 (kg) | 2.18e+10 | 2.62e+10 | 1.99e+10 |
| 12 = 2(8/2) | full | Period 5: gas (kg) Hyp 1 Dust/gas = 2 3.6 ≤ Rh ≤ 4.4 AU | 1.74e+08 | 1.74e+08 | 1.74e+08 |
| 13 = 2(8/6) | full | Period 5: gas (kg) Hyp 2 Dust/gas = 6 3.6 ≤Rh ≤ 4.4 AU | 5.8e+07 | 5.8e+07 | 5.8e+07 |
| 14 = 2 × 9 + 12 + 10 | full | Total mass gas+dust dust hyp 1 (kg) | 1.13e+10 | 1.35e+10 | 1.03e+10 |
| 15 = 2 × 9 + 13 + 11 | full | Total mass gas+dust dust hyp 2 (kg) | 2.55e+10 | 3.06e+10 | 2.32e+10 |
| 16 = 14/density | full | Volume 1 (m3) | 2.4e+07 | 2.86e+07 | 2.19e+07 |
| 17 = 15/density | full | Volume 2 (m3) | 5.42e+07 | 6.51e+07 | 4.94e+07 |
| 18 = 16/area | full | Thickness 1 (m) | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.46 |
| 19 = 17/area | full | Thickness 2 (m) | 1.14 | 1.37 | 1.04 |
| 20 | full | Total H2O mass (kg) | 2.5–2.6e+9 | 3.0–3.1e+9 | 2.3–2.4 e+9 |
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