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Radial accelerations on the equatorial surface at heights of H = 1 cm, for the corresponding particle radius ra with respect to longitude. The net radial radiative accelerations () are shown.The black horizontal lines show the gravity and the effective gravity as in Fig. 4. a, c) olivine; b, d) magnetite. Panels a and b are calculated for fiducial perpendicular (solid) and aspect 45° (dashed) model asteroids (D = 1 km) at the heliocentric distance rh = 0.2 au for given particle radii ra in the legend. For the perpendicular model, the 25% ambiguity inthe thermal inertia (Γ = 200 ± 50 tiu) is expressed as shading. Panels c and d are calculated for Phaethon using the nominal physical parameter values (Table 1) at the perihelion. The shading signifies the uncertainty range in the thermal inertia (Γ = 600 ± 200 tiu, Hanuš et al. 2018) of Phaethon. From these figures, it is obvious that most of ≲ 10μm-sized particles areaccelerated outwards from the AR.

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