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Collision Probabilities of Impact-Ejected Bodies Among the Terrestrial Planets and Moon

N-body symplectic simulations (SWIFT) of fragments ejected from Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Mercury, computing the probabilities that such ejecta collide with each terrestrial planet as a function of ejection velocity, angle, and launch point — quantifying meteorite exchange across the inner Solar System.

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Exchange of meteorites between the terrestrial planets and the Moon

A numerical study of how solid fragments ejected by impacts from the surfaces of Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Mercury migrate through the inner Solar System and collide with the terrestrial planets. Us…