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But there was a really big one 66 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaurs. Did that have a similar origin?
by throwaway81523 2y ago
But there was a really big one 66 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaurs. Did that have a similar origin?
- meindnoch 2y ago"There is broad consensus that the Chicxulub impactor was a C-type asteroid with a carbonaceous chondrite-like composition, rather than a comet.[29][67] These types of asteroids originally formed in the outer Solar System, beyond the orbit of Jupiter."