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Caption: Figure 8.
Regolith mass in orbit vs. time for a landslide-like ejection around Chiron. Here we only show results from the velocity ranges that show significant capture for clarity. Ejection from the long axis is on the left-hand side and short axis on the right-hand side. Regolith capture around Chiron shows qualitatively similar results to Chariklo because the gravitational harmonics are similar when normalized. Simulations are parameterized by the initial vejection.
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