Re: Meteor May Not Have Destroyed Dinosaurs Afterall?

[Matt Morgan <mhmeteorites@geocities.com>]

I think that has been recently disputed. See the current issue of Sky and
Telescope. From what I remember it is something like 20 miles.
Matt

GeoZay@aol.com wrote:

> Elton>> I recall a "fact" that the Meteor Crater impact released
> such a thermal blast that "all life" (sic) within a 800 mile diameter was
> killed
> immediately.<<
>
> I can't seem to find my little "brochure" about meteor crater when I visited
> it last, but it seems to me that the region of "all life" that was killed
> from the thermal blast covered a diameter of 75 miles or 200 miles...I can't
> remember which? Perhaps neither, but I don't think it was 800 miles?
> GeoZay
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