The Riddle of the Extinction of Dinosaurs Revealed 0 : Infographic Okezone Photo

Thursday 09 February 2023 19:34 WIB

A an asteroid that hit the earth 66 million years ago, is thought to be the cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs. The former impact is now in the Gulf of Mexico. But was this the only reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs?

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On that fateful day, was the Earth bombarded by more than one space rock?

The finding of a possible impact crater, very similar in age to the one in the Gulf of Mexico, has prompted these questions.

Although this crater is not as large as the result of a space rock impact in Chicxulub, Mexico, it still triggers a major natural disaster.

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The discovery of the former impact of this new asteroid is dubbed the Nadir Crater. Its position is more than 300 meters below the seabed, about 400km off the coast of Guinea, west Africa.

The diameter of the crater is about 8.5 km. The asteroid that formed this crater is probably less than half a kilometer in size.

The hidden crater was discovered by Dr Uisdean Nicholson from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, England.

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