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  2. Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia

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    They proposed that the Chicxulub asteroid was also a member of this group. [69] Subsequent evidence has cast doubt on this theory. A 2009 spectrographic analysis revealed that 298 Baptistina has a different composition more typical of an S-type asteroid than the presumed carbonaceous chondrite composition of the Chicxulub impactor. [70]

  3. List of largest craters in the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    Chicxulub crater: 182 km (113 mi) 1.4% Cause or contributor of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event: Sudbury Basin: 130 km (80 mi) 1% Moon (moon of Earth) Procellarum: 3,000 km (2,000 mi) 3,470 km 86% Not confirmed as an impact basin. South Pole–Aitken basin: 2,500 km (1,600 mi) 70% Imbrium: 1,145 km (711 mi) 33% Mars: North Polar Basin

  4. Alvarez hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Evidence indicates that the asteroid fell in the Yucatán Peninsula, at Chicxulub, Mexico. The hypothesis is named after the father-and-son team of scientists Luis and Walter Alvarez, who first suggested it in 1980. Shortly afterwards, and independently, the same was suggested by Dutch paleontologist Jan Smit. [2]

  5. Dinosaur-killing asteroid was likely a giant mudball ... - AOL

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    A study reveals the chemical makeup of the Chicxulub asteroid that collided with Earth and resulted in the extinction of nearly all dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

  6. Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was water-rich and ... - AOL

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    Illustration of a large asteroid colliding with Earth on the Yucatan Peninsula in what is modern day Mexico. ... This apocalyptic object is what created the Chicxulub crater on Mexico’s Yucatán ...

  7. Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid ...

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    The asteroid that killed most dinosaurs 66 million years ago left behind traces of its own origin.. Researchers think they know where the Chicxulub impactor came from based on levels of ruthenium ...

  8. Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary - Wikipedia

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    The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. [10] Its center is located near the town of Chicxulub, after which the crater is named. [11] It was formed by a large asteroid or comet about 10–15 km (6.2–9.3 mi) in diameter, [12] [13] the Chicxulub impactor, striking the Earth. The date of the ...

  9. Scientists think they know the origin of the asteroid that ...

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    However, the most widely accepted theory for the mass extinction is that an asteroid (or, perhaps a comet) at least 10 kilometers in diameter crashed near modern-day Chicxulub on the Yucatán ...