The international group of scientists has discovered evidence of the fall of a small asteroid in Antarctica 430 thousand years ago. According to researchers, the heavenly body of such sizes, if it collapses the city, may be deadly for millions of people. This is reported in the article published in the journal Science Advances.
Specialists discovered particles of extraterrestrial origin on the top of the Cutnumfiell Mountain in the Sere Rondane mountains in East Antarctica. According to the conclusions of the researchers, a large celestial body includes a large celestial body in the size of at least one hundred meters in the diameter, which spawned a powerful stuffing of the evaporated material. The jet fell on the surface at high speed, but the explosion force was not sufficient for the appearance of a shock crater.
At the same time, the fall of the asteroid, if it happened at present above the densely populated areas, could lead to much more serious consequences than the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite in 2013 or even the Tungus meteorite in 1908. According to experts, the explosion will cause significant damage and catastrophic destruction at a distance of hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter.