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Forming Binary Near-Earth Asteroids From Tidal Disruptions

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Figure 4.5: The number of binaries as a function of time out of a total of 2000 asteroidsin the nominal steady-state simulation, showing those formed by tidal disruption (black),and those injected into the simulation from the MBAs (red).properties to test. As well, detailed observations of binary MBAs could also provide newdata to include in the simulations.The test simulation producing the highest overall steady-state binary fraction is whenthe properties of MBA binaries take the properties of the observed NEA binaries. Inthis test simulation, with the the MBA binary fraction increased to 80%, the steady-statebinary population increases to 5%. Due to the decreased separations of the migrating97

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