Initial orbital distribution of 76 large NEOs that reached the Centaur region in the a × e (top) and a × i (bottom) planes, shown relative to the whole initial sample of large NEOs (gray dots). Black and pink dots highlight the NEOs that survived as NEO-Centaurs for residence times T_res < 1 Myr and T_res > 1 Myr, respectively. Blue and red lines denote the apocenter and pericenter lies of Earth and Mars, and the orange line denotes the apocenter of Jupiter.