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Free-air gravity anomaly over the Chicxulub structure (coastline and state boundaries shown as black lines) The Chicxulub crater (IPA: [t͡ʃikʃuˈluɓ] ⓘ cheek-shoo-LOOB) is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.
Chicxulub Pueblo (Mayan pronunciation: [tʃʼikʃuluɓ] Ch’ik Xulub) is a town, and surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. At the census of 2010, the town had a population of 4,080 people. The center of the Chicxulub Impact Crater (approx 21°20'N 89°30'W) is off the Yucatan coast, near Chicxulub Puerto
Chicxulub Puerto (IPA: [tʃikʃuˈlub] ⓘ) is a small coastal town in Progreso Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is located on the Gulf of Mexico , in the northwestern region of the state about 8 km (5 mi) east of the city port of Progreso , the municipality seat, and 42 km (26 mi) north of the city of Mérida , the state capital.
“We found that the impact of an asteroid like the one at Chicxulub is a very rare and unique event in geological time," said researcher Carsten Münker in a statement. "The fate of the dinosaurs ...
Researchers think they know where the Chicxulub impactor came from based on levels of ruthenium. The impactor likely formed in the outer solar system before migrating to the asteroid belt.
Chicxulub Pueblo Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (196.72 km 2) of land and located roughly 25 km north of the city of Mérida. [2] The area is directly onshore of the epicenter of the Chicxulub crater .
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Artistic representation of a brachiosaurid, with the Morokweng impactor in the background, moments before impact. Estimates of the diameter of the structure vary widely with some studies suggesting a smaller size of 75–80 km (47–50 mi) in diameter while others suggests a much larger size of around 240 km (150 mi) or more.