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Snapshots of the reaccumulation process following the disruption of a 25 km diameter asteroid. From left to right: first instant at the end of the fragmentation phase when all fragments (green dots) are about 200 m in diameter; the ejection of those fragments a few seconds later; the first reaccumulations that occur because of the slow relative speed between some fragments, showing the formation of a few aggregates represented by different colors; the formation of the largest fragment of this disruption by reaccumulation of several aggregates into a single body; and the final largest fragment shown at two different instants: the boulders on its surface and its overall shape are reminiscent of Itokawa.

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