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Old 12-11-2007, 03:37 AM   #67
Caregrasy

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actually a single impact might not have kill the dinosaur at all... newer studies shows the single impact kill scenario as being unlikely, it maybe that there were a few impact!

if the rock is very BIG, earth gravity may cause enough stress on the rock to break it apart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit). we won't be looking at 1 "killzone" but many... carpet bombing style...


so maybe you would ask for a list of impact site instead of believing in hollywood's single impact theory.
The rouche limit only applies to objects orbiting a planet, not to an asteroid smashing straight into a planet.
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