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Caption: Figure 2.
A close-in diagram explaining the terminology for the ejection direction of vejection. Regolith particles are ejected in either in a landslide or radial direction with an angle variance up to 30∘ to add variability (indicated by the shaded regions) in a noninertial frame defined by the Centaur’s rotation. We then test capture rates for these radial-like and landslide-like ejection trajectories. Figures are not to scale. Symbols with the ﹩\hat{}﹩ symbol indicate only the direction component of that vector value without commenting on the magnitude.
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