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Orbits of two planetoids m1, m2 in their orbital planes. Because the bodies are much smaller than the orbits, sj << aj, collisions happen near the mutual nodal line of intersection of the orbital planes, even for small inclinations. The tangent vectors (gray) indicate the linear approximation that may be used to find the collision point.
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