asteroid

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However, another theory proposed that a comet or asteroid impact over North America triggered the event.

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More than two centuries after asteroid 16 Psyche was first identified, scientists are still trying to determine how it formed.

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About 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth and unleashed one of the most destructive events in the planet's history.

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New research shows that the structure formed when an asteroid or comet struck the region roughly 43 to 46 million years ago.

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The two asteroids orbit a shared center of mass in what scientists call a binary system.

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