Meteorite 200 times larger than one that killed dinosaurs reset early life

Re:Meteorite 200 times larger than one that killed dinosaurs... by jeffbee on Saturday November 16, 2024 @09:09PM (#42161405)

The paper also mentions that, at the time, "dinosaur killer"-sized objects hit the Earth every 15 million years on average, which must have been sort of disruptive.

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Re:Meteorite 200 times larger than one that killed dinosaurs... by kevinkeller on Saturday November 16, 2024 @09:15PM (#42161434)

Likely due to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Heavy_Bombardment

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Re:Meteorite 200 times larger than one that killed dinosaurs... by jeffbee on Saturday November 16, 2024 @09:18PM (#42161452)

What these authors claimed recently was that prior LHB estimates were low by a large factor. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00835-9

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Re:Meteorite 200 times larger than one that killed dinosaurs... by kevinkeller on Saturday November 16, 2024 @09:25PM (#42161492)

Thanks for the paper link!

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