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Enstatite
origin | IAA-CODULAB collection |
main constituent | olivine (Mg0.85Fe0.08Si0.99O3) |
practical significance | cometary dust analog |
particle size | measured size distributions Mie: reff=3.71 μm, v Fraunhofer: reff=1.67 μm, veff=3.53 |
particle shape | irregular |
refractive index | 1.58 + i0.00001 (Dorschner et al. 1995)
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color | white |
scattering matrix | 520 nm |
article | Frattin E, Muñoz O, Moreno F, Nava J, Escobar-Cerezo J, Gomez Martin JC,Guirado D, Cellino A, Coll P, Raulin F, Bertini I, Cremonese G, Lazzarin M, Naletto G, La Forgia F. Experimental phase function and degree of linear polarization of cometary dust analogues. MNRAS, vol. 484, pp. 2198–2211, 2019 |