Fig. 1
Collision scenarios resulting in a merge a), a hit-and-run encounter b), and erosion/mutual destruction c). The diagrams show the masses of the ten largest fragments at the end of the simulation as percentages of the total system mass Mtot = 2 lunar masses. The dashed horizontal line indicates the limit for significant fragments (see text).
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