Application and Evaluation of the Material Point Method for Low-Velocity Asteroid Collisions Involving Large Deformations

Haru Fukuta, Tomoaki Ishiyama, Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

The collisional lifetimes of asteroids larger than $\sim 10$ km in the present-day main belt are estimated to exceed the age of the solar system, suggesting that their shapes may p…