The impactor's crater is more than 150 km (93 miles) in diameter, making it one of the largest known impact craters on Earth.
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Because the estimated date of the object's impact and the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg boundary) coincide, there is a scientific consensus that its impact was the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event which caused the demise of the planet's nonavian dinosaurs and other species.
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In September 2007, an article by William F. Bottke, David Vokrouhlický, and David Nesvorný published in Nature proposed an origin for the impactor.
Chicxulub crater | Chicxulub | Chicxulub, Yucatán | Chicxulub Crater |