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How big was the k-t asteroid?

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The asteroid responsible for the Chicxulub crater measured about 6 miles in diameter (32,000 feet) and would have weighed around twelve trillion tons (assuming an average density of 2.7 g/cm3).

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The largest known asteroid is Ceres (A dwarf planet) with a diameter of about 974.6 kilometers or 606 miles.

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What is the KT asteroid?

It is the asteroid that hit the Earth 65 million years ago and contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. It impact crater is located in Chicxulub which is in the Yucatan peninsula, it is buried deep underground. KT refers to the geological transition between the Cretaceous and the Tertiary periods. (Cretaceous in German starts with a K)


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