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Yucatan Peninsula & Asteroids UPSC NOTE

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  Why in news A 10-15 km wide asteroid struck Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago. The collision caused a global catastrop...

 Why in news

  • A 10-15 km wide asteroid struck Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago.

  • The collision caused a global catastrophe that wiped out about 75% of Earth's species, ending the age of dinosaurs, as per the new Analysis

Yucatán Peninsula

  • The Yucatán Peninsula is a peninsula in southeastern Mexico

  • It is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the east and south. 

  • The peninsula is home to a variety of ecosystems, including tropical rainforests, mangrove forests, and coastal lagoons.

  • The Yucatán Peninsula is a popular tourist destination, known for its beautiful beaches, ancient Mayan ruins, and cenotes (natural swimming holes). 

C-type Asteroids

  • Carbon-rich with high concentrations of carbon and other volatile materials.

  • Leftover building blocks of the outer solar system’s gas and ice planets

  • Most common type of asteroid.

S-type Asteroids

  • Mostly made of silicate minerals and metals; stony in nature.

  • Primarily formed in the inner solar system

  • Less common than C-type asteroids

M-type Asteroids

  • Metallic, mostly iron and nickel.

  • Rare, often believed to be remnants of differentiated bodies that underwent partial melting


  • All meteorites falling onto the earth, which are fragments from both C-type and S-type asteroids, originate from the asteroid belt


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