Asteroid Impact Event
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An Asteroid Impact Event is a impact event that occurs when an asteroid comes into direct contact with Earth's surface.
- Context:
- It can (typically) result in Kinetic Energy being released.
- It can range from being a Small Asteroid Impact to being a Large Asteroid Impact.
- It can (typically) result in the formation of a Crater.
- It can be treated as a Late-Detection Space Phenomenon.
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- Example(s):
- The Chicxulub impact event that is widely believed to have caused the extinction of most dinosaur species.
- The Tunguska event in 1908 in Siberia, which is the largest recorded asteroid impact in recent history.
- The Meteor Crater in Arizona, United States, which is a well-preserved example of an asteroid impact site.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- A meteor shower, which involves smaller particles burning up in Earth's atmosphere and not causing any impact event.
- A comet passing by Earth without colliding is not an asteroid impact.
- A Geomagnetic Storm.
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- See: Meteor, Global Catastrophic Event, Mass Extinction Event, Crater, Chicxulub Crater, Tunguska Event.