Scientists
have discovered a
new crater
that is estimated to be around the same time as the asteroid that
wiped out prehistoric life.
A hidden impact site was found
248 miles
off the coast of Guinea in
west Africa.
An unknown scientist has discovered a new
crater
on Mars.
Nadir
is a feature on
asteroids
that is created by an impact.
The asteroid that created the
Chicxulub
Crater is estimated to have been about
7.4 miles
wide.
A large
asteroid
created a
124-mile-wide depression
on Mars, sparking a series of earth tremors and tsunamis.
A
Nadir-sized asteroid
would have had a smaller but not insignificant effect.
Researchers suggest an asteroid
1,312 miles wide
created a crater in the ocean floor.
A
tsunami
over
3,280
feet high was generated by the asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago.
The energy released from a neutron star would be
1,000 times
greater than the energy released from the eruption and tsunami in Tonga.
The
Chicxulub
impact would have had 10 million times greater effects.
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