Assembling the Earth–impactor system…
INTERACTIVE RECONSTRUCTION66.043 ± 0.043 Ma
ONE WORLD · MANY CLOCKS
CHICXULUB
Feel the impact. Understand its waves. Cross the seconds, winters, and millions of years that rewrote life.
13.2 km diameter18 km/s speed60° incidence180 km final crater
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The impactor is enlarged in this view. Switch to real scale to watch it almost disappear.