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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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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


How many years does an asteroid take crashed on earth?

Asteroids typically take thousands to millions of years to reach the Earth from the asteroid belt. Once in the Earth's vicinity, an asteroid can crash into the Earth at any time depending on its trajectory and other factors.


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.


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.


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


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.


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.


How does path of the asteroid compare to the path the earth travels?

It doesn't. In an estimated 23 years, a belt of asteroids will collide with the earth.


When is an asteroid next predicted to hit the earth 2015?

Currently there are no asteroids expected to hit Earth in the next 100 years.


What was the name of the asteroid that hit earth?

They have not been named. There have been many of them over the millions of years.