Scientists Reveal Throwing Comet That Wiped Out Dinosaurs From Planet Jupiter

The cause of the extinction of Dinosaurs (Forbes)

JAKARTA - New facts about the extinction of dinosaurs were revealed by a scientist named Amir Siraj. Based on the results of his research, Siraj revealed that the extinction of ancient creatures on Earth had something to do with Jupiter. He also likened the event to a game of pinball.

“The solar system works like a pinball machine. Jupiter, the largest planet kicking the comet with the longest period in orbit closer to the sun, "said Siraj as quoted by SkyNews.

The comet has the longest period of time to reach the sun's orbit, which is about 200 years. The celestial body originates from an Oort solar system. The comet was thrown by Jupiter and pointed at the sun.

When the comet is closer to the sun, the celestial body is destroyed by the immense gravity of the sun. Then, the comet fragments pointed towards Earth and its surroundings. It is thought that the fragments of the comet were scattered and hit the Earth where the dinosaurs lived at that time.

Scientists call the comet crash event with the term sungrazing. Siraj also explained that parts of the comet are attracted to the sun with greater attractiveness than other parts. This results in a tidal force.

"And the most important part, on the way back to Oort there is a possibility that one of the fragments hit Earth," added Siraj.

The same thing was expressed by a scientist named Avi Loeb. He said that the research was evidence of sungrazing. Namely fragments of comet objects that resulted in the extinction of dinosaur life.

"In fact, if you break up an object as it gets closer to the sun, this could cause an event and the effect of killing the dinosaurs," Loeb said.

This research has been published in the journal Scientific Nature. Amir Siraj and Avi Loeb revealed that the cause of the destruction of the dinosaurs was a material called carbonated chondrite. The same material has been found in the Oort cloud.