The breakup of a long-period comet is not a likely match to the chicxulub impactor

HIGHLIGHTS

• who: Steven J. Desch from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the article: The breakup of a long-period comet is not a likely match to the Chicxulub impactor, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
• what: The authors demonstrate that their arguments are based on misinterpretations of the literature, and that an asteroid is in fact still highly favored over a comet.

SUMMARY

Since the discovery of Ir in the clay layer at the K-Pg b ­ oundary1, scientists have sought to constrain the origin of the extraterrestrial impactor that triggered the . . .

 



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