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Caption: Figure 2.
A cumulative plot of the approximate ages of lunar craters larger than D > 20 km, according to K. Terada et al. (2020). The chronology used is provided in the text. The sample-derived age of Copernicus (blue dot) is 800 Ma, and it serves as our calibration point. The sample-derived ages of Aristillus and Autolycus (green dots) 1400 ± 60 Myr and 1940 ± 10 Myr, respectively, match the model ages of 1510 ± 140 Myr and 1930 ± 190 Myr, respectively. The craters with red dots have nearly the same N(1) values as Copernicus. They serve as our baseline for how the Eulalia impact shower affected the Moon.
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