{"id":3067,"date":"2021-02-15T21:57:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1339038"},"modified":"2021-02-15T21:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:57:52","slug":"scientists-say-jupiter-was-responsible-for-the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=3067","title":{"rendered":"Scientists say Jupiter was responsible for the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of the galaxy\u2018s oldest whodunits may have finally been solved thanks to some simulation-powered super sleuthing from Harvard University. In this case, we may now know the origin of the Chicxulub crater<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Experts have long believed the majority of dinosaur species went extinct after a massive asteroid, responsible for the Chicxulub crater near Mexico, impacted the Earth some 66 million years ago. But a new theory<\/a> indicates the particular asteroid scientists believe ended the reign of Rex wasn\u2019t a solitary local stone, but a scrap from a much larger body originating in the outskirts of the the solar system. More, they also believe it only managed to impact Earth after Jupiter interfered with its originally harmless trajectory.<\/p>\n

In other words: Jupiter saw an opportunity to cast the first stone and it did. The gas giant\u2018s gravitational pull was, according to Harvard simulations, enough to knock the comet off course and send it hurtling towards Earth. Before impact, the original chunk splintered and, thankfully, only a tiny piece managed to hit our planet. That \u201ctiny\u201d piece was somewhere around 80km wide and it left a crater about 20 or 30km deep \u2014 basically it\u2019s as if the entire city of Boston was hurtled at the ocean near Mexico from space.<\/p>\n