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.
End of the Mesozoic era
The Chicxulub crater lies buried, straddling the northwest coastline of the Yucatán peninsula
About 65 million years ago.
Scientists usually refer to this as an asteroid, not a comet. It's the asteroid that caused the Chicxulub crater.
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.
The Chicxulub is a crater. It is a prehistoric crater that has long been buried underneath the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
Chicxulub impact crater.
End of the Mesozoic era
End of the Mesozoic era
The Chicxulub crater lies buried, straddling the northwest coastline of the Yucatán peninsula
End of the Mesozoic era
The Chicxulub crater is the area in the state of Yucatan that was hit by an asteroid. It is about 66 million years old.
You mean the Chicxulub crater, which is connected with the extinction of dinosaurs? It has a diameter of approximately 180 kilometers (112 miles).
About 65 million years ago.
The Chicxulub crater lies buried, straddling the northwest coastline of the Yucatán peninsula
I guess you mean the crater in Mexico where many think the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs fell. That is the Chicxulub crater, covering almost half of the Yucatan peninsula.
Scientists usually refer to this as an asteroid, not a comet. It's the asteroid that caused the Chicxulub crater.