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This is the strongest cause for how the mass extinction of all life 60 million years ago occured, but is still just a theory rivaled by the possibility of tsunamis, masive earthquakes caused by volcanic activity which might also have influenced climate change by a cooldown caused by ash blocking out solar radiation causing plants to die in turn killing herbivores and so on or super heating the athsmosphere to the point where most animals couldn't survive it anymore except for the most adaptable. Either way these are still just theorys that could even happen to us.
"The strongest survive"
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoSimply - they died.
There is a lot of controversy about the Chicxulub event, but the theory has stood up against time, so it seems to be the most acceptable explanation for the demise of the dinosaurs.
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∙ 15y agoJust off the Yucatan Peninsula, east of Belize.
The crater is named Chicxulub. It is 65 million years old, and 110 miles in diameter.
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∙ 14y agoThe mass extinction of the dinosaurs was 65 million years ago; it is generally believed to be the result of a meteor, in what today is Mexico.
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∙ 7y agoThat was 66 million years ago.
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Where is the Chicxulub Crater located?
The Chicxulub Crater is located near the city Chicxulub in Mexico. This crater is approximately 66 million years old and discovered by Antonio Camago and Glenn Penfield in the late 1970's.
What state did a giant meteor land?
Giant meteors have hit the Earth many times. Probably the most destructive - so far - was Chicxulub which "may" have been the cause of the dinosaurs extinction.The most notable crater in the US is - not surprisingly - called meteor crater. Located in the Arizona desert, near Winslow.
Where did the latest meteor hit the earth?
A meteor hit the Earth in the Ural mountains of Russia, near the city of Chelyabinsk, in February 2013.
Why is chicxulub so famous?
Chixulub on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico is famous for being near the epicentre of a meteorite impact that caused the final extinction of many animals (most famously all non avian dinosaurs) at the end of the Cretaceous Period 65.5 million years ago.
What country did the word meteor come from?
The word "meteor" refers to the weather (which is way weather men are called Meteorologists). Before it was appreciated that there were rocks from outer space burning in our atmosphere, meteors were thought to be some sort of weather phenomenon. Properly, a "meteor" is the light streak in the sky; the rock that caused the meteor, if one is lucky enough to find it, is a "meteorite" and if an astronaut encounters a rock in near-Earth space BEFORE it becomes a meteor/meteorite, that's a "meteoroid."
Where is the Chicxulub Crater located?
The Chicxulub Crater is located near the city Chicxulub in Mexico. This crater is approximately 66 million years old and discovered by Antonio Camago and Glenn Penfield in the late 1970's.
Where did the K-T event hit?
Near the town of Chicxulub Puerto on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
What state did a giant meteor land?
Giant meteors have hit the Earth many times. Probably the most destructive - so far - was Chicxulub which "may" have been the cause of the dinosaurs extinction.The most notable crater in the US is - not surprisingly - called meteor crater. Located in the Arizona desert, near Winslow.
Where did the latest meteor hit the earth?
A meteor hit the Earth in the Ural mountains of Russia, near the city of Chelyabinsk, in February 2013.
What was the name of mass extinction in the mesozoic?
Chicxulub is a small town at the northern tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. We're not certain, but there are strong indications that a massive comet or asteroid struck the Earth in the seas near Chicxulub about 65 million years ago.
What killed the dinosors?
A meteorite from space that blocked out the sun and made acid rain which poisoned all the plants so herbivores died out, with no food supplies for carnivores they all died out. Good bye Tyrannosaurus Rex.:(
Where did the meteorite land sixty-five million years ago near Mexico?
At the Chicxulub crater, which covers almost half of the Yucatan peninsula.
What is the famous meteor?
There are plenty of famous meteors, to know which one specifically you are speaking about, I would need a name. The most famous is probably the one that many believe killed all the dinosaurs. This meteor is estimated to be about 6 miles wide, and created a crater about 110 miles across. Many believe that the Chicxulub Crater in Yucatan, Mexico is this meteor.
Where is the meteor that threatens earth?
Unknown at the present time - but you can assume something in near Earth orbit.
Where can you find a meteor shower in Europe Netherlands?
When a meteor shower is in progress, it's visible from the entire night side of the earth. Search "meteor shower" on line for the dates of meteor showers expected in the near future.
What town is near meteor falls?
fallobur town is near meteor falls
How meteor hits the earth?
While travelling through the solar system it comes near the earth and is captured by the earth's gravity. It is pulled towards the earth until they collide.
