Minor planets orbiting white dwarfs at 1-4 Roche radii can be destroyed by their own returning impact ejecta on timescales of 10^2 to 10^5 years.
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Bounding destruction timescales of minor planets orbiting white dwarfs with the sesquinary catastrophe
Minor planets orbiting white dwarfs at 1-4 Roche radii can be destroyed by their own returning impact ejecta on timescales of 10^2 to 10^5 years.