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What happened when the enormous asteroid hit earth some 65 years ago?
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∙ 10y ago
They believe the asteroid that killed off the dinosaur was 30 miles in diameter and impacting the earth at more than 250,000 miles per hour.
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∙ 14y ago
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Which is longer a meteoriod or an asteroid?
Asteroid can last up to 100 years before it hits earth.
What happened as a result of an asteroid collision on the Yucatan peninsula 65 million years ago?
It is widely believed that that is the event that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs as well as many other lifeforms on Earth.
Will there be a comet or asteroid that comes close to the earth in 2036?
No. There is no comet or asteroid or meteor going to hit the Earth. Most of it is superstition.
How many years does an asteroid take crashed on earth?
Once it has crashed it stays crashed.
What year did the dinosaur's get killed by the asteroid that hit the earth?
65 million years ago.
What do scientists believe happened after an asteroid struck earth million years ago?
The dinosaurs died.
What happened when one or more large asteroid collided with earth about 65 million years ago?
it shaped the moon
Which is longer a meteoriod or an asteroid?
Asteroid can last up to 100 years before it hits earth.
How many years does it take an asteroid to happen?
An asteroid to happen? Asteroid cannot 'happen'. It can collide with earth, or any other object with mass, though.
The mass extinctions that occurred 250 million years ago and 65 million years ago may have been due to gradual process or?
A large comet or asteroid striking earth
Describe what happened 65 billion years ago when there was a cosmic collision with earth?
Earth did not exist 65 billion years ago. However 65 million years ago an asteroid collided with Earth, triggering a mass extinction even that wiped out a wide variety of organisms, including the dinosaurs.
What happened as a result of an asteroid collision on the Yucatan peninsula 65 million years ago?
It is widely believed that that is the event that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs as well as many other lifeforms on Earth.
Will there be a comet or asteroid that comes close to the earth in 2036?
No. There is no comet or asteroid or meteor going to hit the Earth. Most of it is superstition.
How many years does an asteroid take crashed on earth?
Once it has crashed it stays crashed.
What year did the dinosaur's get killed by the asteroid that hit the earth?
65 million years ago.
What effect did the asteroid hitting earth have on it?
It all depends on the size of the asteroid and the speed. When an asteroid about 6 miles in diameter slammed into the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago, it killed off every large lifeform on Earth, including all of the dinosaurs.
What effect did the asteroid have on hitting the earth?
It all depends on the size of the asteroid and the speed. When an asteroid about 6 miles in diameter slammed into the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago, it killed off every large lifeform on Earth, including all of the dinosaurs.
