Chicxulub impactor

The Chicxulub impactor (also known as the K/Pg impactor and sometimes speculatively referred to as the Chicxulub asteroid) was an asteroid or another celestial body between 11 to 81 kilometres in diameter. It struck the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period, creating the Chicxulub crater. Because of the timing coinciding it is presumed to have caused the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Its 150 kilometre impact crater is one of the largest known craters on Earth.
==Popular Culture ==
===Appearances ===
====Variants====
The following list is of explicit appearances of the Chicxulub impactor.
Year	Name 	Appearance	Notes
1982	Briggs' freighter 	
*Doctor Who, episode "Earthshock"	
*The Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka, Nyssa, and Adric fought the Cybermen aboard a freighter programmed to collide with Earth in the year 2526. Adric managed to accidentally send the ship through time to 65 million years in the past, where the ship was still pre-programmed to collide with Earth. Adric was unable to prevent the ship's impact with Earth.Earthshock: Part One - IMDB - Retrieved 17 February 2021
1991	Meteor 	
* Back to the Future, episode "Forward to the Past"	
* Dr. Emmett Brown (Dan Castellaneta) unwittingly destroys the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, and is forced to return to the past to recreate the event.Forward to the Past - IMDB - Retrieved 18 February 2021
1993	 	
* Super Mario Bros.	
* The force of the impact causes the creation of a parallel reality with a parallel Earth, leading to an alternate New York City populated by anthropomorphic dinosaurs known as Dinohattan.Super Mario Bros. - IMDB - Retrieved 1 April 2021
1999	Asteroid 	
*Walking with Dinosaurs, "Death of a Dynasty"	
*The asteroid strikes, killing off the dinosaurs.Death of a Dynasty - IMDB - Retrieved 18 February 2021
2005	What killed the dinosaurs	
* Justice League Unlimited, episode "The Once and Future Thing, Part Two: Time, Warped"	
* Time traveling supervillain Chronos (Peter MacNicol) abandons treacherous goon Chucko (Don Harvey) in the age of the dinosaurs. The laser sword-wielding clown proudly proclaimed that he would take over the planet, but soon noticed the approaching asteroid and was killed on impact.The Once and Future Thing, Part Two: Time, Warped - IMDB - Retrieved 18 February 2021
===Variants===
The following list is of parodies of the Chicxulub impactor, which may or may not be readily apparent.
Year	Name 	Appearance	Notes
2003	Black Mass	
*Samurai Jack, episode "Episode XXXVII: The Birth of Evil, Part 1"	
*The Black Mass, a primordial cosmic entity, formed in outer space. The entity was slain by Odin, Ra, and Rama, and obliterated, apart from a small fragment that escaped their notice. It collided with primordial Japan. 65 million years later, the demon Aku (Mako) emerged from it.Episode XXXVII - The Birth of Evil: Part I - IMDB - Retrieved 18 February 2021
==Links==
*Chicxulub impactor on Wikipedia
==References==
Category:Real natural disasters
Category:Real ancient natural disasters
Category:Real asteroids
Category:Real extinction events