Table 2 Summary of fates of lunar-ejecta TPs.

From: Lunar ejecta origin of near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa is compatible with rare orbital pathways

Launch site

# HS

# HS-QS

# Moon colliders

# Earth colliders

Near side

189 (5.11%)

24 (0.65%)

31 (0.84%)

301 (8.14%)

Trailing side

281 (7.60%)

42 (1.13%)

41 (1.11%)

373 (10.10%)

Far side

157 (4.24%)

24 (0.65%)

36 (0.97%)

303 (8.19%)

Leading side

236 (6.37%)

31 (0.84%)

9 (0.24%)

107 (2.89%)

  1. Frequencies of the orbital fates (including collisions with Earth and Moon) of the TPs from the four representative launching sites. Percentages of the total number of launched particles per site is shown in parenthesis. (Note that a TP may have reached a co-orbital state before colliding).
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