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Illustration of the MOID-chord method of calculating the random probability of collision with a target planet, given a known value of the minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID). The target’s collisional radius defines a circle in the b-plane, and the time it takes for the target’s projection to move the distance EE divided by its orbital period gives the probability. From Rickman et al. (2014) with permission.

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