In spite of these immense measurements the crater is hard to see even if you re standing on its rim. The asteroid that created this crater was about 6 miles 10 kilometers wide and hit the earth 65 million years ago. On the northern coast of the yucatan peninsula near the town of chicxulub mexico is a crater about 120 miles 193 kilometers in diameter.
Today scientists published their first results from a drilling expedition into chicxulub crater the buried remnants of an asteroid impact off the yucatán peninsula in mexico that killed. The idea was not always universally accepted. 7 that the chicxulub asteroid impact 65 million years ago led to mass extinction of dinosaurs.
Astronomers announced more proof today feb. The impact created a mile deep crater blasting away sediment earth s crust and water. The asteroid hit the modern day yucatán peninsula in shallow seas and immediately transformed the landscape.
The buried structure which measures at least 180 km 112 miles across is thought to be the scar remaining from the impact 66 million years ago of an asteroid or comet measuring perhaps 10 km. Computer generated image of chicxulub crater chicxulub crater on the northern coast of the yucatán peninsula in mexico in a computer generated image synthesized from gravity and magnetic field data. The yucatán peninsula is the site of the chicxulub crater impact which was created 66 million years ago by an asteroid of about 10 to 15 kilometres 6 to 9 miles in diameter at the end of the cretaceous period.
The massive chicxulub crater on mexico s yucatán peninsula is the fingerprint of a killer probably responsible for the destruction of more than 75 percent of life on earth including all. While it s been generally. Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago thanks to a massive asteroid that hit the earth in the yucatán peninsula in mexico now known as the chicxulub crater.
The crater measures between 180 and 240 kilometres across indicating an impactor of colossal size the biggest impact confirmed on earth. The chicxulub crater on the yucatan peninsula is believed to be the most likely site of the asteroid impact responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs. It was formed when a large asteroid or comet about 11 to 81 kilometers 6 8 to 50 3 miles in diameter known as the chicxulub impactor struck the earth.
Its center is located offshore near the town of chicxulub after which the crater is named.
Yucatan peninsula asteroid crater. The chicxulub crater ˈ tʃ iː k ʃ ʊ l uː b. Tʃʼikʃuluɓ is an impact crater buried underneath the yucatán peninsula in mexico.
Tʃʼikʃuluɓ is an impact crater buried underneath the yucatán peninsula in mexico. The chicxulub crater ˈ tʃ iː k ʃ ʊ l uː b.
