Where did the meteorite that destroyed the dinosaurs come from, it is known, revealed in a new study

How Dinosaurs Died: It is said that dinosaurs used to live on Earth 6.5 crore years ago. Dinosaurs used to rule the world, but a meteorite fell in such a way that it destroyed all the dinosaurs. There was devastation on the whole Earth and all traces of dinosaurs were wiped out.

On August 15, the Science Journal presented a report that explained where the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs from the Earth came from. Scientists say that this meteorite was formed far away from the orbit of Jupiter. The fall of that meteorite created a large crater in Mexico. This crater was so huge that most of it is in the sea. Scientists did a lot of analysis on it, after which it was found that it was a C-type asteroid. Earlier it was said that it was not an asteroid but a comet.

He came to earth after facing a strong impact

In this analysis of the sediment, scientists used a special technique to measure the isotopes of ruthenium in the sediment samples. Ruthenium is an element that is commonly found in asteroids, but is extremely rare to find on Earth. This showed that the element in the sediment samples came from the impact of a particularly powerful collision.

Many solutions will be available in future

Mario Fischer, a geochemist at Cologne University, is the head of this analysis and has emphasized on the results of his study. He said that this was an asteroid that came from many miles away from Jupiter. Collision with this type of asteroid is considered rare. By understanding these studies, we can avoid any kind of danger in the future. This can also tell us where the water on Earth came from.

An organic meteorite formed far from the planet Jupiter

Scientists say that by using ruthenium isotopes, we can find out the difference between the outer C-type carbonaceous meteorites and the inner Type-S silicate meteorites. They said that the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs was an organic meteorite formed far away from Jupiter. This was known earlier, but no exact answers were found. They said that most of the asteroids or pieces of meteorites that fall on Earth are of this type. They said that studies say that before hitting the Earth, it must have passed through Jupiter’s asteroid belt. They say that studies cannot tell where this asteroid was before the collision.

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