Analysis of night-side dust activity on comet 67P observed by VIRTIS-M: a new method to constrain the thermal inertia on the surface

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Table 3

Observed total ejected dust mass.

Bulk	Range of				Ejected
density	radius				mass
(kg m⁻³)	(μm)				(tons)
					α
		−4.5	−4.0	−3.5	−3.0	−2.5	−2.0


795	0.1–1000	0.02	0.05	0.56	6.05	18.81	27.94

Note. Column 1: particle bulk density. Column 2: range of particle radius used for the calculations. Column 3–8: observed total ejected dust mass, computed for different differential size distribution indices α.

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