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Table 5
Velocity values of asteroidal and cometary dust at different planets and Moon.
| Planetary body | Asteroidal | Cometary | Planetary |
| mean velocity | mean velocity | escape velocity | |
| (km s-1) | (km s-1) | (km s-1) | |
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| Mercury | 16.81 | 17.59 | 4.25 |
| Venus | 14.19 | 20.85 | 10.36 |
| Earth | 18.60 | 16.87 | 11.19 |
| Moon | 15.04 | 12.84 | 2.38 |
| Mars | 9.10 | 13.57 | 5.03 |
Notes. The last column reports the escape velocity of the planets and satellite taken into account.
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