The diverse shapes of binary asteroid satellites born from sub-escape-velocity moonlet mergers

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Fig. 9

Shapes and orientations of aggregates after 45 h of post-merger evolution, based on the case of α = 0° in Fig. 3. Each case represents a different shift in distance from the primary barycentre after the merger has occurred, between r₀ and 1.19r₀.

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