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Forming Binary Near-Earth Asteroids From Tidal Disruptions

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Spin rate of the primary and secondary bodies for binaries formed from thelow-density-progenitor subset of simulations. The spin rates are comparable to thosefound from the results in Chapter 2 (Fig. 2.7)different sized asteroids. This effect would be quite subtle and would be important onlyif the binary fraction contributed by tidal disruption was significant (which is does notappear to be).Using progenitors with similar porosity/density as a reaccumulated body had relativelysmall effects on primary spin rate. This remains a point of concern, as the simulationsdo not reproduce primary spins nearly as rapid as those observed. The upper limit119

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