Brian Cox Claims Asteroid Impact That Wiped Out Dinosaurs 65 Million Years Ago Was Deflected by Jupiter
There have been numerous accounts of the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, but various theories continue to emerge, shedding new light on the event. Professor Brian Cox, a physicist, has put forth a hypothesis suggesting that Jupiter played a role in redirecting the asteroid towards Earth.
Cause of asteroid hitting Earth
According to Professor Cox in the video shared by @tech_topia, Jupiter has a huge mass. It has two and a half times the mass of all the other planets and moons in the solar system combined, making it the dominant planet. He says it is the only planet after the Sun that has a profound gravitational influence. As scary as it sounds, Jupiter is known for its shielding mechanism that protects the planet from other massive space rocks, but in one case it didn’t save a life, it actually ended up taking lives. In the case of an asteroid impact 65 million years ago, it became the destroyer of life.
Cox says, “It’s very likely or possible that Jupiter turned it on a collision course with Earth.” He further added that “Jupiter is the creator and destroyer of worlds.”
Massive cosmic events such as an asteroid or comet impact rarely occur. However, these cosmic events can also lead to the extinction of species, as happened 65 million years ago. Due to this asteroid impact, the dinosaurs became extinct.
The impact of an asteroid hitting the Earth
According to a NASA report, the Chicxulub asteroid is suspected to have hit the Earth’s surface and had global environmental effects that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs – the dominant species on the planet at the time. The incident happened in the Yucatan region of Mexico. The diameter of the asteroid was 10-15 kilometers. In addition, a huge number of other species and a large part of the Earth’s flora and fauna were destroyed as a result of this event, both on land and in the oceans. However, this catastrophic event also caused the rise of mammals and eventually a planet dominated by humanity.
