Fig. 2

Distributions of initial and final orbital elements for surviving comets. Upper panels: eccentricity vs. semi-major axis; lower panels: inclination vs. semi-major axis; left panels: periods below 20 yr; right panels: periods above 20 yr. Red dots show initial orbits. For the final orbits, sky-blue dots indicate TJ < 2, dark blue dots indicate 2 < TJ < 3, and green dots indicate TJ > 3.
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