Fig. 7: Cumulative number of boulders as a function of boulder size. | Nature Communications

Fig. 7: Cumulative number of boulders as a function of boulder size.

From: Multiple moonlet mergers as the origin of the Dinkinesh-Selam system

Fig. 7

a Boulder SFD used in the Selam and Dimorphos SPH simulations compared to the SFD measured on the surface of asteroids (Didymos/Dimorphos48; Itokawa47; Ryugu50; Bennu51). b Boulder SFD used in the Selam and Dimorphos SPH simulations compared to power-law slopes between αs = −3.6 and  −2.65. Vertical line at \({R}_{\min }=2.5\) m indicates the minimum boulder size included in the simulations.

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