Figure 3: Impact simulation of an asteroid with a 150km radius colliding into Ganymede at 20km/s (IMAGE)

Kobe University

Figure 3: Impact simulation of an asteroid with a 150km radius colliding into Ganymede at 20km/s

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It is speculated that this would result in a violent impact. Note: The sharp vertical distribution of the material along the vertical axis that can be seen at a distance of 0km at 12000 seconds is likely a numerical artifact caused by the boundary conditions in the simulation, but we confirmed that this does not affect the main results of this study.

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