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¿Mataron dos asteroides a los dinosaurios? infographic
El gráfico muesta la ubicación del Cráter Nadir.
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¿Fueron dos asteroides los que extinguieron a los dinosaurios?

By Ninian Carter

August 18, 2022 - Un cráter submarino descubierto recientemente cerca de las costas de África Occidental está llevando a los científicos a preguntarse si los dinosaurios fueron borrados de la faz de la Tierra por más de un asteroide hace 66 millones de años.

What appears to be a second large asteroid impact crater has been discovered under the sea off the coast of West Africa, leading scientists to speculate that it may have been the smaller cousin of the one that struck the gulf of Mexico millions of years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs.

At 9km wide, the newly discovered crater – dubbed the Nadir Crater – is not as larger as the vast Chicxulub Crater in Mexico, which is estimated to be around 180km wide and 20km deep.

However, its size, age and placement on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean is leading geoscientists to wonder if the Earth was hit by more than one space rock that fateful day 66 million years ago, or if the Nadir asteroid was a chunk that broke off the Chicxulub asteroid.

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PUBLISHED: 18/08/2022; STORY: Graphic News
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