Lethal billiards

Philippe Claeys and Steven Goderis
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Philippe Claeys: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. phclaeys@vub.ac.be
Steven Goderis: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. phclaeys@vub.ac.be

Nature, 2007, vol. 449, issue 7158, 30-31

Abstract: A huge collision in the asteroid belt 160 million years ago sent fragments bagatelling around the inner Solar System. One piece might have caused the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Date: 2007
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