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Fig. 17

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Two snapshots from different viewing angles of the impactor penetrating into the target planet. Upper figure: top-down view and bottom figure: equatorial view. The impactor is fully rendered in red and only the surface particles of the target planet are rendered in white. Top panels: impactor making a large crater and reaching the core of the planet. Bottom figures: show that there are quite a lot of particles that scatter out from the plane of collision.

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