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Table 4 Elemental abundances relative to Fe derived for the fireballs analyzed in the text

From: Robotic systems for the determination of the composition of solar system materials by means of fireball spectroscopy

Object

Mg

Na

Ca

T

    

(K)

SPMN151211 Geminid

1.21

0.029

0.040

4400 ± 200

SPMN101212 N. χ-Orionid

1.06

0.040

0.029

4000 ± 200

SPMN270712 α-Capricornid

3.01

0.047

0.013

3600 ± 200

1P/Halley

1.93

0.193

0.121

-

IDPs

1.34

0.135

0.076

-

CI chondrites

1.17

0.066

0.078

-

CM chondrites

1.23

0.041

0.085

-

  1. The abundances obtained for other Solar System undifferentiated materials are also indicated (Jessberger et al. 1988; Rietmeijer & Nuth 2000; Rietmeijer 2002).
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