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by burnt-resistor 262 days ago
But how much of that is aluminum? Probably <0.5%.

Nit: You're off by about a factor of 3 because it's 14.6 t/day.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antarctic-study-s...

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https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/202...

Apparently around 1.4%.

So the starlink satellites dissipating could increase the aluminum oxide arriving up there by ~10% - depending which numbers are correct I suppose it could be anywhere from like 3-30%.