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The origin of the dinosaur-killing asteroid was 66 million years ago. Just then a large celestial body destroyed the beach. The beach is now called Mexico.
This event triggered a very severe winter. In the end, wipe out three-quarters of the life on Earth. It even wiped out the dinosaurs.
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Analysis of the Origin of Dinosaur-Destroying Asteroids
Two astronomers from Harvard University, United States tried to reveal. By solving the mystery regarding the nature and origin of the Chicxulub impactor. An ancient crater buried in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
The formation of the crater seems to be the result of an asteroid falling millions of years ago. The analysis shows the cause of the incident. Comets originate from areas of icy debris at the edge of the solar system, not an asteroid.
Jupiter is responsible for the collision with the planet Earth. A paper by two astronomers published in the journal Scientific Reports rejects the theory that claims about the object. Objects on asteroid fragments originating from the main belt of the solar system.
This Jupiter acts like a pinball machine by kicking long-period comets into orbit. Then bring it very close to the Sun. It even mentions long-period comets coming from the Oort cloud.
In addition, consider it as a giant spherical shell that surrounds the solar system. It’s like a bubble made from ice debris. The origin of this dinosaur-killing asteroid is the size of a mountain range or even bigger.
Long-period comets take about 200 years to orbit the Sun, also called sungrazers. That’s because the distance is relatively close. Originating from the freezing point of the outer solar system, comets are more frozen than asteroids.
Recognizing this comet for its trail of gas and dust is amazing as it thaws. As a result, the comet experiences considerable tidal forces. So that the most massive of them broke into about a thousand fragments.
Each of these fragments is large enough to produce a Chicxulub-sized impactor or a dinosaur-killing event on the planet.
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International Scientist Research
International teams of scientists also collaborate. Conducted a study of subject material in the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan Peninsula. Match the chemical signature of the meteorite dust to the rocks.
With a geological boundary that represents the origin of the dinosaur-killing asteroid, Chicxulub crater is an ancient crater. It was formed as a result of an asteroid collision known as the Chicxulub impactor.
In his research, published in Science Advances, it appears to be a clear sign of a thin layer of dust. It was deposited in the Earth’s crust 66 million years ago.
This comes from a collision event at that place. The research led by Sean Gulick, a geologist at the College of Texas. In addition, Joanna Morgan, geoscientist from Imperial School London.
According to Science Alert, Gulick led an expedition in 2016 to sample crushed rock. It is more than half a kilometer into the ring of the summit crater.
Four different laboratories tried to analyze the sample. The results not only provide information about the fossil record with the site. Even regarding the origin of the asteroid destroying the dinosaurs.
But it led to a rapid decline in dinosaur populations over the course of a decade or two. Earlier, in 1980, American physicist Luis Alvarez and his son, a geologist named Walter, published their research.
Research on the thin layers of sediment that separate the Cretaceous period. It was inhabited by dinosaurs from the post-dinosaur world in the Paleogene.
A Giant Asteroid Triggers a Massive Tsunami
66 million years ago, a giant asteroid destroyed the waters. Precisely located near the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. The incident caused a major disaster. So that in the end this asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.
Massive dust blocks the sun’s rays from coming. Make global air temperature drop drastically. The asteroid impact also triggered a massive tsunami. Even estimates trigger the occurrence of waves as high as 1.5 kilometers. Hits parts of North America.
In his latest research, evidence for the existence of such a tsunami was found in sediments buried in the Louisiana region.
Scientists have spent decades finding evidence of such a giant tsunami. The origin of the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs is now starting to be revealed with various studies carried out on the Chicxulub crater. (R10/HR Online)
Editor: Jujang
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