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by jessriedel 4334 days ago
Depends on how fast they are ejected from each other. The pieces will (more or less) have an "escape velocity". If they are faster than this velocity they will drift ever further apart. Slower, and they will slowly fall back towards each other.

My understanding is that it's unlikely that they would ever recombine into a solid object since the gravity between them is so weak.