Table 3: Evolution of the asymmetry parameter1 for unequal mass mergers (simulations 1, 5, and 8) under different lines-of-sight (angle $\Phi $ is measured with respect to an arbitrarily chosen line-of-sight).
Sim. 1:            
time 100 500 700 900 1100 2000
$\Phi $ [Myr] [Myr] [Myr] [Myr] [Myr] [Myr]
0$^\circ $ 9% 54% 103% 20% 100% 12%
45$^\circ $ 10% 44% 120% 58% 103% 17%
90$^\circ $ 7% 21% 112% 67% 89% 8%
135$^\circ $ 8% 52% 45% 46% 51% 7%
Sim. 5:            
time 100 500 700 900 1100 2000
$\Phi $ [Myr] [Myr] [Myr] [Myr] [Myr] [Myr]
0$^\circ $ 10% 50% 48% 20% 45% 6%
45$^\circ $ 10% 11% 51% 13% 12% 18%
90$^\circ $ 12% 70% 38% 15% 33% 12%
135$^\circ $ 9% 61% 12% 9% 31% 17%
Sim. 8:            
time 100 500 700 900 1100 2000
$\Phi $ [Myr] [Myr] [Myr] [Myr] [Myr] [Myr]
0$^\circ $ 11% 21% 122% 44% 19% 13%
45$^\circ $ 9% 93% 83% 38% 26% 17%
90$^\circ $ 13% 74% 40% 13% 28% 20%
135$^\circ $ 10% 110% 38% 10% 37% 7%


1 Asymmetry measure as defined by Dale et al. (2001), see Eq. (4).


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