Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Formed Beyond Jupiter Orbit Say Scientists

Millions of years ago, giant creatures like dinosaurs roamed the earth. It is said that a huge asteroid that came from space collided with the Earth and caused destruction to a large part of the Earth. During this collision, dinosaurs were wiped out from the earth.

Now scientists have made a shocking guess regarding this asteroid. Scientists say that the asteroid that hit the Earth was born beyond the orbit of Jupiter. That means that asteroid was not an asteroid around the Earth. He came from a distance of millions of kilometers in the solar system. Report According to, a recent discovery published in Science Journal says that scientists have made a big revelation about the asteroid that hit the Earth 66 million years ago. This asteroid was born beyond the orbit of Jupiter. It has also been confirmed that it was not a comet.

This asteroid fell in Chicxulub, which is currently located in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Scientists are saying that fresh research about this place can tell what effect the celestial bodies hitting the Earth might have had on the planet. Mario Fischer Godde, the lead author of the study, says that he can say with certainty that this asteroid must have been born beyond the orbit of Jupiter. The author says such information will help further understand how water might have come to Earth.

The basis of this claim of scientists is the analysis of sediment samples made in the period between the Cretaceous and Paleogene eras. This was the same time when the effect of asteroid collision was present on the Earth. For this, scientists have done research on an element called ruthenium. This element is very rare on Earth, but it is very common to find it in asteroids. After studying several geological layers in Chicxulub, it was found that 100% of the ruthenium present here came from an asteroid.

The study claims that the asteroid collision caused a great earthquake on Earth, which caused an ice age across the Earth and destroyed many other types of life along with dinosaurs. It was caused by a C-type asteroid that came from beyond Jupiter.