Top: Projection in 2D of the orbits of the nine merger products. The orbits are colour-coded as a function of the time of the merger. The black cross in the origin corresponds to the SMBH, and the dotted line marks the inner arcsec. Bottom: Cumulative distribution of the merger products’ eccentricities around the SMBH (similar to Figure 5). The solid black line corresponds to the merger orbits seen in the top panel, while the dashed black line corresponds to all mergers with a periapsis a(1 − e) ≤ 0.04 pc.