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News Release 08-061
Geologists Discover New Way of Estimating Size and Frequency of Meteorite Impacts
Meteorite linked to mass extinction 65 million years ago was four to six kilometers in diameter
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Geologists have discovered a new way of estimating the size of impacts from meteorites.
Credit: NASA
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