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Enstatite (mm)
practical significance | there are some astronomical observations that indicate the presence of millimeter-sized cosmic dust grains. Such is the case of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Fulle et al. 2015, Rotundi et al. 2015), circumstellar disks (e.g., Andrews & Williams 2005; Canovas et al. 2015, 2016; Kataoka et al. 2016), in particular, the circumstellar disk orbiting Fomalhaut and HR 4796A (Kalas et al. 2005, Milli et al. 2017, Min et al. 2010) |
particle size | reqV=3.2 mm (volume-equivalent sphere radius) |
particle shape | irregular: image, SEM image |
refractive index | 1.58+i0.00001 (Dorschner et al. 1995) |
scattering matrix | 520 nm |
article | Muñoz O, Moreno F, Vargas-Martín F, Guirado D, Escobar-Cerezo J, Min M, Hovenier JW. Experimental Phase Functions of Millimeter-sized Cosmic Dust Grains. Astrophysical Journal, vol. 846, pp. 846-885, 2017 |