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Numbers of Ejected Dust Grains per Second with Their Eventual Fate (Impact/Escape), the results come from numerical integration of trajectories of dust grains.
| Radius of Dust Grains | Total Number | Impact | Escape |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≥0.1μm | 1.5 × 1013 | 3.3 × 1012 (2.2%) | 1.17 × 1013 (97.8%) |
| ≥1.0 μm | 5.0 × 1010 | 5.8 × 109 (11.6%) | 4.42 × 1010 (88.4%) |
| ≥10.0 μm | 1.6 × 108 | 1.57 × 107 (9.81%) | 1.443 × 108 (90.19%) |
| ≥100.0 μm | 5.2 × 105 | 6 × 104 (11.54%) | 4.6 × 105 (88.46%) |
| ≥1.0 mm | 1700 | 198 (11.65%) | 1502 (88.35%) |
