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Caption: Figure 10.
Ratio of family members to background objects with Δ v min ⩽ v esc vs. (a) size of the progenitor and (b) inclination of the progenitor. In panel (a), symbol type indicates the subpopulation to which the progenitor belonged: triangles—cold classicals, squares—hot classicals, diamonds—inner classicals. The lines show N fam/ N bg ~ R, as explained in the text. In panel (b), symbol indicates the radius of the progenitor: triangles— R ⩾ 400 km, squares—300 km ⩽ R < 400 km, diamonds—200 km ⩽ R < 300 km, circles— R ⩽ 200 km. Note that the mean value of N fam/ N bg is higher in the hot classical belt than in the cold classical belt by a factor of ~5 due to the lower background density.
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