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Two Extrasolar Asteroids with Low Volatile-element Mass Fractions

  • Authors: M. Jura, S. Xu(许偲艺), B. Klein, D. Koester, and B. Zuckerman

Jura et al. 2012 The Astrophysical Journal 750 69.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 11.

Display of results tabulated in Table 4: mass fractions of elements with 50% condensation temperatures less than 1000 K in the parent bodies accreted onto GD 40 and G241-6 and, for comparison, both CI and CV chondrites (Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988), bulk Earth (Allegre et al. 2001), and an "adjusted Sun" which is all elements except hydrogen, helium, and the noble gases given by Lodders (2003). The temperature at which 50% of the element condenses in the calculations of Lodders (2003) is shown beneath its symbol on the plot. The relationship between the mass fractions of pollutants in the stellar atmosphere and the bulk composition of the accreted parent body are discussed in Section 4. To make a conservative estimate of the mass fraction of the important volatiles—carbon, nitrogen and oxygen—we assume the system is in the build-up phase. If the system is in a steady state or declining phase, then the results plotted here overestimate the mass fractions of the lighter elements and underestimate the mass fractions of the heavier elements in the parent bodies.

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