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An example of the data used to calculate the ba...

An example of the data used to calculate the band strength for O2 in a 1:1 O2: H2O mixtu...

William A. Burris et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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IR spectra of a 1:1 O2: CO mixture during growt...

IR spectra of a 1:1 O2: CO mixture during growth. Spectra have been vertically offset fo...

William A. Burris et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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IR spectra of a 1:1 O2: H2O mixture during grow...

IR spectra of a 1:1 O2: H2O mixture during growth. Spectra have been vertically offset f...

William A. Burris et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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An example of the MCMC best fit (black dashed) ...

An example of the MCMC best fit (black dashed) of the Fresnel equations to a UV–vis spec...

William A. Burris et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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IR spectra of a 1:1 O2: CO2 mixture during grow...

IR spectra of a 1:1 O2: CO2 mixture during growth. Spectra have been vertically offset f...

William A. Burris et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Measured density for O2: H2O (black circles), O...

Measured density for O2: H2O (black circles), O2: CO2 (blue triangles), and O2: CO (red ...

William A. Burris et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Measured refractive index at 500 nm for O2: H2O...

Measured refractive index at 500 nm for O2: H2O (black circles), O2: CO2 (blue triangles...

William A. Burris et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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A’-value of O2 in O2: H2O (black circles), O2: ...

A’-value of O2 in O2: H2O (black circles), O2: CO2 (blue triangles), and O2: CO (red ope...

William A. Burris et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Schematic illustrating the evolutionary stages ...

Schematic illustrating the evolutionary stages of the Eulalia asteroid family. (a) The E...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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A cumulative plot of the approximate ages of lu...

A cumulative plot of the approximate ages of lunar craters larger than D > 20 km, acco...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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A comparison between the model ages of lunar cr...

A comparison between the model ages of lunar craters with diameter D > 20 km and those...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Low-albedo asteroids in our canonical classific...

Low-albedo asteroids in our canonical classification of the Eulalia family with ac = 2.4...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Modeling the dynamical evolution of the canonic...

Modeling the dynamical evolution of the canonical Eulalia family with the center ac = 2....

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Modeling the dynamical evolution of the canonic...

Modeling the dynamical evolution of the canonical Eulalia family with the center ac = 2....

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Modeling the dynamical evolution of the Eulalia...

Modeling the dynamical evolution of the Eulalia family with the center ac = 2.47 au, mor...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Eulalia family members (black symbols) for thre...

Eulalia family members (black symbols) for three center choices ac: (i) 2.47 au (left pa...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The value of the Eulalia cluster contrast funct...

The value of the Eulalia cluster contrast function r(C, ac;ΔC) in the (ac, C) space for ...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Modeling the dynamical evolution of the canonic...

Modeling the dynamical evolution of the canonical Eulalia family with the center ac = 2....

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Top panel: fraction f of bright asteroids (pV >...

Top panel: fraction f of bright asteroids (pV > 0.125) in C bins, bin size 5 × 10−6 au a...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Asteroids in our canonical E0-box in ...

Asteroids in our canonical E0-box in ﹩(e,\sin i)﹩ projected onto the proper semimajor ax...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Modeling the dynamical evolution of the Eulalia...

Modeling the dynamical evolution of the Eulalia family with the center ac = 2.48 au, clo...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Collisional evolution of the Eulalia family siz...

Collisional evolution of the Eulalia family size–frequency distribution (SFD). We define...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The number and sizes of Eulalia family members ...

The number and sizes of Eulalia family members impacting the terrestrial planets and the...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The range of stochastic impacts on the Moon fro...

The range of stochastic impacts on the Moon from the Eulalia impact shower. Using a Mont...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The number and sizes of Eulalia family impacts ...

The number and sizes of Eulalia family impacts on the Moon are compared to the estimated...

William F. Bottke et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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